composite photo
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact11938
- Dates
- 1900
- 1901
- 1900-1901
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Images
- Accession Number
- 002050069
- Description
- Photo of U of T Medical Society, Executive Committee, 1900-01.
- Accession Number
- 002050069
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Images
- Description
- Photo of U of T Medical Society, Executive Committee, 1900-01.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine.
- Dates
- 1900
- 1901
- 1900-1901
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-1-1 Box D
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Other
- Reference Comments
- Prev. # L29
composite portrait
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact11429
- Dates
- 1907
- 1908
- circa 1907-1908
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Images
- Accession Number
- 002050133
- Description
- University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine graduating class, 1908.
- Accession Number
- 002050133
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Images
- MeSH Heading
- Physicians -- portraits
- Schools, Medical -- pictorial works
- MM= Commemorative and Association Items
- Description
- University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine graduating class, 1908.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine.
- Dates
- 1907
- 1908
- circa 1907-1908
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-1-2 Box #XYZ
- Condition Remarks
- Marked with drops of paint.
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Other
- Reference Comments
- Prev. # 73.1.2
The Anatomist [print]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact15415
- Dates
- 1870
- 1900
- circa 1870-1900
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Images
- Basic Science, Anatomy
- Basic Science, Pathology
- Accession Number
- 002050176
- Description
- Rectangular print depicting a man at a raised drawing board drawing while looking at a male cadaver arranged flat on a table; thick candle stuck on cadaver's hip; left arm is suspended by ropes from above and has the skin flayed to show muscles; overall a dark scene as the man is drawing by candlel…
- Accession Number
- 002050176
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Images
- Basic Science, Anatomy
- Basic Science, Pathology
- Description
- Rectangular print depicting a man at a raised drawing board drawing while looking at a male cadaver arranged flat on a table; thick candle stuck on cadaver's hip; left arm is suspended by ropes from above and has the skin flayed to show muscles; overall a dark scene as the man is drawing by candlelight; on reverse are small spots where old adhesive were removed.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. A. J. Macnamara.
- Dates
- 1870
- 1900
- circa 1870-1900
- Material
- paper: cream
- ink: black, grey
- Inscriptions
- Printed on the front: "A. MERCIE"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-5-6 Assorted Binder E, p. 8 a
- Length
- 30.1 cm
- Width
- 18.7 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- March 2020: Old spots of dried adhesive on back of print removed; both sides of print show surface grime; paper yellowed
- Copy Type
- original
Le Medecin Hydropathe // The Hydropath Physician [print]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact15416
- Dates
- 1880
- 1900
- circa 1880-1900
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Images
- Accession Number
- 002050185
- Description
- Print showing a water treatment to an elderly person; original drawing was hand drawn in pencil in a caricature style, print depicts elderly person in a chair with their feet in a bucket of water while a doctor force feeds a bucket of water through a funnel into the person's mouth, two other gentle…
- Accession Number
- 002050185
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Images
- MeSH Heading
- Art
- Medical Drawing, Caricature
- Description
- Print showing a water treatment to an elderly person; original drawing was hand drawn in pencil in a caricature style, print depicts elderly person in a chair with their feet in a bucket of water while a doctor force feeds a bucket of water through a funnel into the person's mouth, two other gentlemen are assisting the procedure with one carrying two more buckets of water while the other pours the bucket of water into the funnel; in a room setting.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. A. J. Macnamara.
- Maker
- The Caricature Newspaper
- Dates
- 1880
- 1900
- circa 1880-1900
- Material
- paper: tan
- ink: black, grey
- Inscriptions
- Printed on the front: "h. D. // 432 // Chez Bauger R. du Croissant, 16 Imp d'Aubert & Co. // LE MEDECIN HYDROPATHE // Aujourd'hui nous nous contenterons de deux voies ... demain vous m'en apporterez quatre vois ... // Ah! che cha un bon medechin! ... on ne chaurait jamais trop donner le gout de l'eau ... (a part) je crains seulement // que cha ne lui fasse pacher le gout du pain! ... "; English translation: - Today we will only use two "Ways" ... tomorrow you'll bring me four "Ways" ... - Ah That's a good physician! ... You can never give too much of the taste for water ... (except) I fear that it will make him lose the taste for bread."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-5-6 Assorted Binder E, p. 8 b
- Length
- 25.3 cm
- Width
- 23.3 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Both sides of print show surface grime; paper yellowed especially around perimeter of drawing where the print was in a frame
- Copy Type
- original
Portrait of Dr. Helen MacMurchy [portrait]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact11791
- Dates
- 1901
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Photograph
- Accession Number
- 002050289
- Description
- A black and white photo of a woman, she is standing sideways but looking into the camera, she wears a dark coloured overcoat with silver buttons that run the length of the front of the jacket and appear on the sleeves as well, she is holding a rolled up paper in her hand, she wears a light coloured…
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- Accession Number
- 002050289
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Photograph
- MeSH Heading
- Physicians -- portraits
- Description
- A black and white photo of a woman, she is standing sideways but looking into the camera, she wears a dark coloured overcoat with silver buttons that run the length of the front of the jacket and appear on the sleeves as well, she is holding a rolled up paper in her hand, she wears a light coloured shirt and dark coloured hat, her eyes are light coloured and her dark-coloured hair is tied up under the hat.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine.
- Maker
- Hunter & Co.
- Site Made (City)
- Toronto
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1901
- Date Remarks
- Graduation date
- Material
- paper: cream
- ink: black
- Inscriptions
- Printed on the front: "HUNTER & CO. TORONTO"; handwritten on the back: "Dr. Helen McMurchy // [illeg.] McMurchy // D. Oct. '53, age 91"; printed on the back: "Hunter & Co. // Artists // & // Photographers // 107 // King St West, // Toronto."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-5-7 Assorted Binder A, pg. 21 a
- Length
- 10.5 cm
- Width
- 6.3 cm
- Condition Remarks
- #1: Stable: On the front: slight soiling all over, slight fading of the photo, small tear on upper left edge; on the back: slight soiling.
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Internet
- Reference Comments
- http://famouscanadianwomen.com/famous%20firsts/medical%20professionals.htm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_MacMurchy
- Research Facts
- Helen MacMurchy Born January 7, 1862. Died October 8, 1953. In 1901 Helen graduated with a medical degree from the University of Toronto and interned as the first woman doctor with the Toronto General Hospital. She went on to be the first woman doctor to do post graduate studies at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. In 1909 she conducted a survey of the high infant death rates experienced in cities at the turn of the century. In 1914 she wrote a popular book, 'A Little Talk About Baby'.
- In 1915 she was appointed the inspector of the feeble minded in Ontario. Sadly her actions to persuade the government that eugenics was the answer to preventing degenerate babies led to the wrongful sterilization of many immigrants.
- Helen was the first editor of the Canadian Nurses Journal. In 1920 she was placed in charge of the federal government’s new Division of Child Welfare and was responsible for the contents of some of the government published Blue Books with advice on caring for children. These little books were published in multiple languages including Cree.
- It was in the 1920’s that she made a special study of medical inspection of schools, child welfare and public health in England and the United States.
- In 1934 she was inducted as Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In 1949 she was named one of the leading women doctors in the western world. In 1997 she was declared a Person of National Historic Significance.
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The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicholas Tulp [print]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact9171
- Dates
- 1890
- 1920
- circa 1890-1920
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Images
- Accession Number
- 002050378
- Description
- Monotone reproduction print of a painting on heavy paper; depicts a group of seven surgeons looking on as physician Nicolaes Tulp leads an anatomy lesson on a cadaver.
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- Accession Number
- 002050378
- Author
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Images
- Description
- Monotone reproduction print of a painting on heavy paper; depicts a group of seven surgeons looking on as physician Nicolaes Tulp leads an anatomy lesson on a cadaver.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. C. A. Hodgetts, 1934.
- Dates
- 1890
- 1920
- circa 1890-1920
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-1-3 Box A
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Print appears to be removed from frame with wood back as the wood grain transferred marks to the back of the print, dark blocks of ink of the figures on the front transferred to the back; brittle
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- File
- Internet
- Reference Comments
- Zygmont, Bryon. “Rembrant, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp.” Khan Academy. Accessed February 23, 2017. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/monarchy-enlightenment/baroque-art1/holland/a/rembrandt-the-anatomy-lesson-of-dr-tulp
- Prev. #AMP253; L675
- Research Facts
- The original portrait, painted by Dutch Baroque Rembrandt van Rijn in 1632, depicts a group of seven surgeons looking on as physician Nicolaes Tulp leads an anatomy lesson. It was commissioned to hang in the board room of the Guild of Surgeons, a group that Tulp had become a reader of three years before. Tulp is shown as the only man wearing a hat, showing his elevated position over his pupil, as he demonstrates how arm muscles are attached to the body using forceps. He was known to give theory lessons twice a week in Amsterdam with one public autopsy a year being conducted. The painting shows the 1632 autopsy that used the body of a criminal, an executed thief named Adriaen het Kint as their cadaver. The surgeon in the centre towards the back holds a sheet of paper that lists the names of all the men in participating in the lesson, many of whom would have paid for the honor of being included in the composition.
- Though it was one of Rembrandt’s earlier works, The Anatomy Lesson remains one of his most well-known paintings; the skill is evident in the expressive, recognizable faces of the surgeons and the dynamic contrast between light and dark. Rembrandt does, however, some artistic liberties, particularly as the surgeon would have begun with opening the chest cavity in an autopsy as opposed to beginning with an arm.
- This was also one of the first painting that Rembrandt signed with his forename as opposed to RHL which he had used on previous ones, likely showing his increasing confidence in his artistic abilities.
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- Dates
- 1890
- 1900
- circa 1890-1900
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Hospital Administration
- Classification
- Hospital Administration
- Accession Number
- 002050414 a-b
- Description
- Two piece cardboard postal box (a) with lid (b); two United States one and two cent postage stamps with blurred cancellation marks; pre-printed manufacturers paper mailing address label handwritten to addressee.
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- Accession Number
- 002050414 a-b
- Category
- Hospital Administration
- Classification
- Hospital Administration
- MeSH Heading
- Physicians -- biography
- Postal Service
- Description
- Two piece cardboard postal box (a) with lid (b); two United States one and two cent postage stamps with blurred cancellation marks; pre-printed manufacturers paper mailing address label handwritten to addressee.
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Part Names
- a – box – Size: Length 20.3 cm x Width 5.8 cm x Depth 2.0 cm
- b – lid – Size: Length 20.6 cm x Width 6.2 cm x Depth 1.4 cm
- Provenance
- Belonged to Dr. Weston L. Herriman; Academy of Medicine
- Dates
- 1890
- 1900
- circa 1890-1900
- Date Remarks
- Stamp dates
- Material
- paper: brown, beige
- ink: red, green black
- Inscriptions
- Handwritten on label: "W. L. HERRIMAN, M.D. // Lindsay, // Ontario. // Box 278 Canada"; printed on label: "FROM KNAUTH BROTHERS, // 3-5-7 W. 29th St., NEW YORK."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-1-3 Box G
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- CD #6
- Research Facts
- Dr. Weston Herriman was one of the first nine students who graduated in 1855 from the newly formed School of Medicine at the Church of Scotland affiliated University of Queen's College (1854, Kingston, Ontario). The nine senior students had transferred from the Anglican Upper Canada School of Medicine, Toronto to the new school at Queen's.
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Today vaginal contraceptive sponge
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact9753
- Dates
- 1985
- 1989
- circa 1985-1989
- Collection
- Dr. Paul MacKenzie Collection
- Category
- Reproduction, Contraception and Sexual Health
- Accession Number
- 003003007
- Description
- Today vaginal contraceptive sponge sealed in a plastic package with a printed cover; the sponge is made of round shaped foam impregnated with Noroxynol-9 spermicide; the package is made of fairly thick flexible plastic with a moulded bottom and flat squared edges; a plastic cover is sealed over the…
1 image
- Accession Number
- 003003007
- Collection
- Dr. Paul MacKenzie Collection
- Description
- Today vaginal contraceptive sponge sealed in a plastic package with a printed cover; the sponge is made of round shaped foam impregnated with Noroxynol-9 spermicide; the package is made of fairly thick flexible plastic with a moulded bottom and flat squared edges; a plastic cover is sealed over the bottom, providing air-tight storage for the sponge; the top of the cover has printed information on it; the package is unopened.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Owned and used by Dr. Paul MacKenzie at Kingston General Hospital.
- Maker
- VL1 Corporation
- Site Made (City)
- Irvine
- Site Made (State)
- California
- Site Made (Country)
- United States of America
- Dates
- 1985
- 1989
- circa 1985-1989
- Date Remarks
- Expiration date of December 1989 printed on package.
- Material
- sponge: white
- plastic: white
- ink: purple
- Inscriptions
- The top of the package has printing that reads, "Today // Vaginal // Contraceptive // Sponge // (EXP?) 1 DEC 89 // LOT 6L2 // Read Instructions Before Use! // Active Ingredient: 1 gm Noroxynol-9 // VL1 COrporation VL1 2 Irvine, California 92714 USA // TEAR HERE // TEAR HERE"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A4-5
- Dimension Notes
- Length 7.4 cm x Width 7.5 cm x Depth 2.3 cm
- Condition Remarks
- #1: The package is unopened and unused; the outer top cover of the package has a small amount of sticky residue on it; almost all of the printing is fully legible.
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Person
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- Dr. Robert Reid; CD #2
- Exhibit History
- History of Contraception exhibit, Fraser-Armstrong 5, Kingston General Hospital; March 2004 - Case #3
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laminaria tent
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact9797
- Dates
- 1970
- 1980
- circa 1970-1980
- Collection
- Dr. Paul MacKenzie Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Gynaecology
- Accession Number
- 003003047
- Description
- Laminaria tent, which consists of a short, solid, cylindrical piece of seaweed with a flat, round, plastic disc attached perpendicularly near one end; the small area of seaweed above the disc has a small hole through the seaweed to allow the attachment of a string; the other end of the piece of sea…
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- Accession Number
- 003003047
- Collection
- Dr. Paul MacKenzie Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Gynaecology
- MeSH Heading
- Dilatation -- instrumentation
- Description
- Laminaria tent, which consists of a short, solid, cylindrical piece of seaweed with a flat, round, plastic disc attached perpendicularly near one end; the small area of seaweed above the disc has a small hole through the seaweed to allow the attachment of a string; the other end of the piece of seaweed has a rounded tip.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Owned and used by Dr. Paul MacKenzie at Kingston General Hospital.
- Dates
- 1970
- 1980
- circa 1970-1980
- Material
- plastic: opaque
- seaweed: beige
- fabric: white
- Inscriptions
- None
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D8-12
- Dimension Notes
- Length 5.7 cm x Diam. 1.4 cm
- Condition Remarks
- The laminaria tent shows very little wear and has never been used; no damage or staining is visible on any part.
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Person
- Reference Comments
- Dr. Robert Reid; Dr. Paul MacKenzie
- Research Facts
- The seaweed is used to dilate the cervix, usually for a dilatation and curettage and/or an abortion.
- Not many medical devices have been made from seaweed. But laminaria, or “sea-tangle” tents, were a standard part of the obstetrician's armamentarium in the late 19th and early 20th century. These slim cylinders, measuring 5–10 cm long, were dried stalks of the marine plant, Laminaria digitata. Inserted into the cervical canal, they absorbed water and slowly expanded, dilating the cervix. Laminaria tents were used to induce labour in non-urgent situations, such as anticipated cephalo-pelvic disproportion. Long before it became an issue for the natural birth movement, non-urgent induction was a controversial procedure. British obstetricians tended to support such intervention, but many of their Continental colleagues disagreed, preferring to risk the perils of obstructed labour rather than interfere with nature.
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laminaria tent
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact9798
- Dates
- 1970
- 1980
- circa 1970-1980
- Collection
- Dr. Paul MacKenzie Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Gynaecology
- Accession Number
- 003003048
- Description
- Laminaria tent in sterile package, which consists of a short, solid, cylindrical piece of seaweed with a flat, round, plastic disc attached perpendicularly near one end; the small area of seaweed above the disc has a small hole through the seaweed to allow the attachment of a string; the other end …
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- Accession Number
- 003003048
- Collection
- Dr. Paul MacKenzie Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Gynaecology
- MeSH Heading
- Dilatation -- instrumentation
- Description
- Laminaria tent in sterile package, which consists of a short, solid, cylindrical piece of seaweed with a flat, round, plastic disc attached perpendicularly near one end; the small area of seaweed above the disc has a small hole through the seaweed to allow the attachment of a string; the other end of the piece of seaweed has a rounded tip; the laminaria tent is sealed in a paper and plastic package that has a rectangular-shaped paper bottom and a piece of thin, clear plastic at the top; all four edges of the top are sealed onto the bottom, creating a sterile package.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Owned and used by Dr. Paul MacKenzie at Kingston General Hospital.
- Site Made (Country)
- Japan
- Dates
- 1970
- 1980
- circa 1970-1980
- Material
- plastic: opaque; clear
- seaweed: brown
- fabric: white
- paper: white
- Inscriptions
- The bottom of the package has "MADE IN JAPAN" stamped onto it.
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D8-12
- Dimension Notes
- Length 13.3 cm x Width 7.5 cm x Depth 1.4 cm
- Condition Remarks
- The laminaria tent is unused and undamaged and sealed in a sterile package; the package shows some wear in the form of folding, but is complete.
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Person
- Reference Comments
- Dr. Robert Reid; Dr. Paul MacKenzie
- Research Facts
- The seaweed is used to dilate the cervix, usually for a dilatation and curettage and / or an abortion.
- Not many medical devices have been made from seaweed. But laminaria, or “sea-tangle” tents, were a standard part of the obstetrician's armamentarium in the late 19th and early 20th century. These slim cylinders, measuring 5–10 cm long, were dried stalks of the marine plant, Laminaria digitata. Inserted into the cervical canal, they absorbed water and slowly expanded, dilating the cervix. Laminaria tents were used to induce labour in non-urgent situations, such as anticipated cephalo-pelvic disproportion. Long before it became an issue for the natural birth movement, non-urgent induction was a controversial procedure. British obstetricians tended to support such intervention, but many of their Continental colleagues disagreed, preferring to risk the perils of obstructed labour rather than interfere with nature.
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