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New Offerings from the Otis Historical Archives
PDF scans of publications, written or held by the Museum and not in copyright, are being done by the Archives and made available via the Internet. Visit the links below to find downloadable versions of OHA holdings. These files are very large – several are nearly a gigabyte in total size. Individual scans of each page as JPEGs are available directly from the Archives.
NMHM and AFIP Historical Documents
Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (six volumes)
Medical Department of the USA in the World War (15 volumes)
- The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume 1: The Surgeon General's Office (1923)
- The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume 2: Administration American Expeditionary Forces (1927)
- The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume 3: Finance and Supply
(1928)
- The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume 4: Activities Concerning Mobilization Camps and Ports of Embarkation (1928)
- The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume 5: Military Hospitals in the United States (1923)
- The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War Volume 6: Sanitation (1926)
- The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume 7: Training (1926)
- The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume 8: Field Operations (1925)
- The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume 9: Communicable and Other Diseases (1928)
- The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume 10: Neuropsychiatry (1929)
- The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume 11: Surgery; Part One, General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Neurosurgery (1927)
- The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume 11: Surgery; Part Two (1924)
- The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume 12: Pathology of the Acute Respiratory Diseases, and of Gas Gangrene Following War Wounds (1929)
- The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume 13: Part 1, Physical Reconstruction and Vocational Education; Part 2, The Army Nurse Corps (1927)
- The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume 14: Medical Aspects of Gas Warfare (1926)
- The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume 15: Statistics; Part One: Army Anthropology (1921)
- The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume 15: Part Two, Medical and Casualty Statistics (1925)
"The Annual" (Yearbook) from Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, DC, and Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco, California
"Taps" Annual (Yearbook) from Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, DC
Other interesting offerings
- An Illustrated Description of First-Class Achromatic Microscopes, Apparatus, Specimens, etc., Miller Brothers, 1879
- A Catalogue of Surgeons' Instruments, Air and Water Beds, Pillows, and Cushions, Bandages, Trusses,
Elastic Stockings, Inhalers, Galvanic Apparatus, and Other Appliances Used by the Medical Profession ,
Maw and Sons, 1866
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A Medical Survey of the Bituminous-Coal Industry (1947), Coal Mines Administration, US Department of the Interior
- The Kennedy Autopsy Report by Pierre Finck, AFIP; includes the report of the Warren Commission (1965)
- Cantor Lectures: The Microscope (1888). Lectures on the history of the microscope by British collector John Mayall, Jr. excerpted from the Journal of the Society of the Arts, 1885-1888.
- Decorations and Medals of the United States of America (1943),John Wyeth and Brother; reading copy; broadsheet copy
- Frances Pleasants' photograph album, Civil War.
- When You Go Home - take this book with you. A WWI pamphlet directed at US troops about the dangers of venereal disease.
- Nouveau Appareils a L'usage des Medecins et des Chirurgiens
- M.G. Trouvé Medical and surgical instruments from the M.G. Trouvé company, 1872. Excerpted from "les Mondes," May 9 and 16, 1872.
- Nouveau Appareils a L'usage des Medecins et des Chirurgiens - M.G. Trouvé Medical/surgical instruments from the M.G. Trouvé company, Paris. Excerpted from "les Mondes," July 15, 1869.
- Phase Contrast Equipment with the Heine Condenser.
- Instructor's Guide for Casualty Simulation Kit Device. A handbook for casualty simulation in disasters.
- The Graf-Apsco Company, 1943 catalog (1943): A catalog of microscopes, dissecting instruments, and related medical and laboratory equipment.
- The Graf-Apsco Company, 1946 catalog (1946): A catalog of microscopes, dissecting instruments, and related medical and laboratory equipment.
- (NEW) The Kolff-Brigham Artificial Kidney (ca. 1950s):A booklet describing the Kolff-Brigham artificial kidney: technical information, its parts, and a list of specifications.
- (NEW) Variable Axis Total Knee Surgical Techniques (ca. 1977):Booklet describing the indications, instruments needed, and techniques for insertion of a Variable Axis knee prosthesis.
- (NEW) Gillette Receipts (187?):A handwritten "receipt" (recipe) book from the late 19th century, of mostly pharmaceutical remedies, including those for asthma, cough, gangrene, "the itch," cholera, and bilious colic, but also for lucifer matches and liquid blacking.
- (NEW) Clinico Motion Picture Catalog: A catalog of motion pictures of Medical and Surgical subjects designed for education.
