Warren Anatomical Museum
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The Warren Anatomical Museum, housed within Harvard Medical School's Countway Library of Medicine, was founded in 1847 by Harvard professor John Collins Warren,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> whose personal collection of 160<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> unusual and instructive anatomical and pathological specimens now forms the nucleus of the museum's 15,000-item collection.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Warren also has objects significant to medical history, such as the inhaler used during the first public demonstration of ether-assisted surgery in 1846 (on loan to the Massachusetts General Hospital since 1948<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>), and the skull of Phineas Gage, who survived a large iron bar being driven through his brain. The museum's first curator was J.B.S. Jackson.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Early 2020s closure
The museum gallery was closed for renovation through winter/spring 2023, as stated on the museum's website,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> although the collection remains accessible to researchers by appointment. Normally a rotating subset of items, including Gage's skull and the tamping iron that passed through it, is on public display.
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- Warren Museum website
- Finding aid for Warren Anatomical Museum in Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
- Medical Heritage Library Increases Warren Museum Accessibility
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