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      1. Exhibits
      2. War, Bones and Books
      3. Osler Collection
      4. Development Gone Awry
      5. Postcard Collection
      6. Nosce Te Ipsum
      7. History of the Reflex Hammer
      8. Anniversary Cabinet
      9. MAMM Apothecary Planters
      10. Pathology Collection
      11. Beauty and the Beast
      12. Canadian Health Care Stamps
      13. Cardiovascular Collection
      14. Electron Microscopy
      15. Physiology Research Instruments: A 20th Century Sample from McGill
      16. When There Are No Words
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      1. History
      2. Buildings
        1. Medical Building
        2. Strathcona Building
        3. Lyman Duff Medical Building
      3. Physicians
        1. Maude Abbott
        2. William Osler
        3. John McCrae
        4. Horst Oertel
        5. Wyatt Galt Johnston
  • Exhibits
      1. War, Bones and Books
        1. Civil War Medicine
        2. The McGill Medical Museum and the IAMM
        3. The Army Medical Museum
          1. William Hammond
          2. James Carroll
          3. The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion
        4. William Osler and Walt Whitman
          1. A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown
          2. Dirge for Two Veterans
          3. The Wound-Dresser
          4. Come Up From the Fields Father
          5. Reconciliation
        5. Specimens
          1. Specimen 1
          2. Specimen 2
          3. Specimen 3
          4. Specimen 4
          5. Specimen 5
          6. Specimen 6
          7. Specimen 7
          8. Specimen 8
          9. Specimen 9
          10. Specimen 10
          11. Specimen 11
          12. Specimen 12
          13. Specimen 13
          14. Specimen 14
          15. Specimen 15
          16. Specimen 16
          17. Specimen 17
          18. Specimen 18
          19. Specimen 19
          20. Specimen 20
          21. Specimen 21
          22. Specimen 22
          23. Specimen 23
          24. Specimen 24
          25. Specimen 25
      2. Osler Collection
        1. Pathologic Specimen
        2. Teaching at McGill
        3. Osler Collection
        4. Specimens
          1. Veterinary
            • 01- Jaw of cow: Actinomycosis
            • 03 - Verminous Bronchitis
            • 04 - Ribs and pleura: Acute pleurisy
          2. Aneurysm
            • 05 - Lung: Aneurysm of pulmonary artery
            • 30 - Heart: Aneurysm
            • 31 - Aorta: Saccular aneurysm
            • 32 - Aorta: Saccular aneurysm
            • 33 - Aorta: Saccular aneurysm
            • 34 - Aorta: Saccular aneurysms
            • 35 - Aorta: Saccular aneurysm
            • 36 - Heart and aorta: Saccular aneurysm
            • 37 - Aorta: Saccular aneurysm
            • 38 - Aorta: Saccular aneurysm
            • 39 - Aorta: Saccular aneurysm
            • 40 - Aorta: Saccular aneurysm
          3. Valvular Disease
            • 13 - Heart: Mitral and tricuspid stenosis
            • 14 - Heart: Pulmonary stenosis
            • 15 - Heart: Aortic stenosis
            • 16 - Heart: Acute infective endocarditis
            • 17 - Heart: Acute infective endocarditis
            • 18 - Heart: Acute infective endocarditis
            • 19 - Heart: Acute infective endocarditis
            • 20 - Heart: Acute infective endocarditis
            • 21 - Heart: Bicuspid aortic valve
            • 22 - Heart: Subacute infective endocarditis
            • 23 - Heart: Acute infectious endocarditis
            • 24 - Heart: Chronic infective endocarditis
            • 25 - Heart: Chronic infective endocarditis
            • 26 - Heart: Mural aneurysm
            • New Osler 01 - Infant heart: Pulmonary atresia
            • New Osler 03 - Aortic valve: Fenestrated leaflets
            • New Osler 04 - Aortic valve: Bicuspid
          4. Pericardial Disease
            • 09 - Heart: Acute purulent pericarditis
            • 10 - Heart: Pericarditis
            • 11 - Heart: Subacute tuberculous pericarditis
          5. Miscellaneous cardiac disease
            • 06 - Heart: Fibrosis of myocardium
            • 07 - Heart: Fibrosis of myocardium
            • 08 - Heart: Rupture of fatty heart
            • 12 - Heart: Hypertrophy
            • 27 - Heart: Ball thrombosis
            • 28 - Heart: Secondary carcinoma of right ventricle
            • 29 - Aorta: Bayonet wound
            • New Osler 02 - Heart: Fossa ovalis
          6. Gastric Disease
            • 43 - Stomach: Multiple ulcers
            • 44 - Stomach: Cirrhosis
            • 45 - Stomach: Carcinoma
            • 46 - Stomach: Carcinoma
            • 47 - Stomach: Carcinoma
            • 48 - Stomach: Carcinoma
            • 49 - Stomach: Carcinoma
            • 50 - Stomach: Colloid carcinoma
          7. Miscellaneous
            • 02 - Larynx: Stenosis and atresia
            • 41 - Posterior tibial artery: Thrombus
            • 42 - Stomach: Hairball
            • 51 - Liver: Obliteration of portal vein
            • 52 - Small Intestine: Typhoid fever
            • 53 - Small intestine: Leukemia
            • 54 - Kidney: Atrophy and degeneration
            • 55 - Kidney: Chronic interstitial nephritis
      3. Development Gone Awry
        1. Jan Langman and Medical Embryology
        2. Adolf Ziegler and Wax Models
        3. Specimens
          1. 01 Acardius acormus
          2. 02 Ectopia cordis
          3. 03 Ductus arteriosus
          4. 04 Ductus arteriosus
          5. 05 Ductus arteriosus
          6. 06 Ductus arteriosus
          7. 07 Quadricuspid pulmonary valve
          8. 08 Bicuspid aortic valve
          9. 09 Bicuspid aortic valve
          10. 10 Patent foramen ovale
          11. 11 Ostium secundum defect
          12. 12 Patent foramen ovale
          13. 13 Ventricular septal defect
          14. 14 Ventricular septal defect
          15. 15 Ventricular septal defect
          16. 16 Anomalous pulmonary venous connection
          17. 17 Pulmonary agenesis
          18. 18 Anomalous pulmonary venous connection
          19. 19 Coarctation of the aorta
          20. 20 Right aortic arch
          21. 21 Tetralogy of Fallot
          22. 22 Pulmonary stenosis
          23. 23 Transposition of the great vessels
          24. 24 Double ureter
          25. 25 Double pelvis and ureter
          26. 26 Horseshoe kidney
          27. 27 Ectopic kidney
          28. 28 Bircornuate uterus
          29. 29 Double vagina
          30. 30 Uterus didelphys
          31. 31 Polycystic kidney
          32. 32 Non-obstructive mega-ureter
          33. 33 Multicystic dysplastic kidney
          34. 34 Posterior urethral valve
          35. 35 Urachal fistula
          36. 36 Urachus
          37. 37 Esophageal atresia
          38. 38 Esophageal atresia
          39. 39 Esophageal atresia
          40. 40 Pyloric stenosis
          41. 41 Meckel diverticulum
          42. 42 Meckel diverticulum
          43. 43 Hirschprung disease
          44. 44 Imperforate anus
      4. Postcard Collection
        1. Introduction
        2. Postcard Messages
        3. Post Cards
          1. Albert-Prévost
          2. Allan Memorial
          3. Alexandra
          4. Auclair
          5. Children’s
          6. Convalescent
          7. de la Miséricorde
          8. de la Providence
          9. des Incurables
          10. Douglas
          11. Gamelin
          12. Homeopathic
          13. Hôtel-Dieu
          14. Maternity
          15. Montreal General
          16. Mount Sinai
          17. Notre Dame
          18. Notre-Dame de la Merci
          19. Pasteur
          20. RCAF Convalescent
          21. Royal Victoria
          22. Sacré-Cœur
          23. Saint-Jean-de-Dieu
          24. Saint-Joseph
          25. Sainte-Justine
          26. Saint-Luc
          27. Shriners
          28. Sœurs Grises
          29. St Mary’s
          30. Ste. Anne’s Military
          31. Verdun
          32. Western General
      5. Nosce Te Ipsum
      6. History of the Reflex Hammer
        1. From Tap to Response
        2. Percussion to Diagnosis
        3. Refining the Tap
        4. Tradition Meets Technology
      7. Anniversary Cabinet
      8. MAMM Apothecary Planters
      9. Pathology Collection
        1. 01 Finger: Carcinoma
        2. 02 Vertebrae: Multiple myeloma
        3. 03 Foot: Low grade sarcoma
        4. 04 Femur: Osteosarcoma
        5. 05 Tibia: Ewing sarcoma
        6. 06 Fingers: Enchondromatosis
        7. 07 Leg: Achondroplasia
        8. 08 Tibia: Fibrous dysplasia
        9. 09 Skull: Angiomatosis
        10. 10 Lobar pneumonia: Pneumococcus
        11. 11 Chronic cavitary tuberculosis
        12. 12 Miliary tuberculosis
        13. 13 Cystic fibrosis
        14. 14 Bronchiectasis: Post pertussis
        15. 15 Aspirated peanut
        16. 16 Metastatic melanoma
        17. 17 Fallopian tube: Hematosalpinx
        18. 18 Ovary: Teratoma with teeth
        19. 19 Ovary: Cystadenoma
        20. 20 Ovaries: Metastatic breast carcinoma
        21. 21 Fallopian tube: Ruptured ectopic pregnancy
        22. 22 Uterus: Leiomyoma
        23. 23 Fallopian tubes: Tuberculosis
        24. 24 Kidney: Hereditary polycystic disease
        25. 25 Kidney: Carcinoma
        26. 26 Kidney: Hydronephrosis
        27. 27 Kidney: Acquired cysts
        28. 28 Kidney: Papillary carcinoma
        29. 29 Kidney: Tuberculosis
        30. 30 Kidney: “Staghorn” calculus
        31. 31 Ureter: Ureteritis cystica
        32. 32 Brain: Hydrocephalus
        33. 33 Pick’s disease
        34. 34 Frontal lobe: Remote infarct
        35. 35 Acute epidural hematoma
        36. 36 Pituitary adenoma
        37. 37 Glioblastoma multiforme
        38. 38 Anterior communicating artery aneurysm
        39. 39 Abdominal aorta: Thrombosis
        40. 40 Atrial myxoma
        41. 41 Old myocardial infarct
        42. 42 Mitral and aortic valves: Endocarditis
        43. 43 Mitral stenosis: Early endocarditis
        44. 44 Mitral stenosis: Atrial thrombosis
        45. 45 Mitral stenosis: Post rheumatic fever
        46. 46 Chronic pericarditis
        47. 47 Aortic arch: Chronic dissection
        48. 48 Jejunum: Leiomyoma
        49. 49 Colon: Carcinoma and polyp
        50. 50 Appendicitis with fecalith
        51. 51 Ileum: Intussusception in cecum
        52. 52 Ileum: Typhoid fever
        53. 53 Intestine: Tuberculosis
        54. 54 Gallstone ileus
        55. 55 Stomach: Diverticulum
        56. 56 Esophagus: Strictures post lye ingestion
        57. 57 Cecum: Endometriosis
        58. 58 Pancreas: Microcystic serous cystadenoma
        59. 59 Pancreas: Congenital cysts
        60. 60 Liver: Cirrhosis
        61. 61 Liver: Amyloidosis
        62. 62 Liver: Echinococcus multilocularis
        63. 63 Gallbladder stones
        64. 64 Chronic pancreatitis
      10. Beauty and the Beast
        1. “You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby” 
        2. Cigarette Packaging Warning Labels
        3. Tobacco and the Environment
        4. McGill’s Non-Smoking Policy
        5. World No Tobacco Day
      11. Canadian Health Care Stamps
        1. Physicians
          1. Maude Abbott
          2. Frederick Banting
          3. Norman Bethune
          4. Bruce Chown
          5. Armand Frappier
          6. Sir Wilfred Grenfell
          7. Harold Griffith
          8. Louis Hébert
          9. Emmanuel Lachapelle
          10. John McCrae
          11. Julio Montaner
          12. Balfour Mount
          13. Sir William Osler
          14. Wilder Penfield
          15. Vera Peters
          16. Michel Sarrazin
          17. Hans Selye
          18. Emily Stowe
          19. Lucille Teasdale
          20. James Till and Ernest McCulloch
          21. Jenny Trout
        2. Health Care Builders
          1. Jeanne Mance
          2. Hospitalières de Québec
          3. Marguerite d’Youville
          4. Sir Charles Tupper
          5. Donald Smith (Lord Strathcona)
          6. Tommy Douglas
          7. Terry Fox
        3. Disease and its Treatment
          1. AIDS
          2. Cobalt Therapy
          3. Insulin
          4. Polio and Vaccination
          5. Pablum
          6. Cardiac Pacemaker
          7. Electron Microscope
          8. Healing from Within
          9. Mental Health
          10. Rehabilitation
        4. Health Care Organizations
          1. Canadian Health Professionals
          2. WHO World Health Day
          3. Canadian Nurses Association
          4. Victorian Order of Nurses
          5. Canadian Forces Health Services
          6. Canadian Red Cross
          7. Paramedics
          8. St. John Ambulance
          9. Canadian Medical Protective Association
          10. Shriners Hospitals
          11. Montreal Heart Institute
          12. Montreal Children’s Hospital
      12. Cardiovascular Collection
        1. Atlas
        2. 20 Heart of shark
        3. 21 Heart of chimera
        4. 22 Heart of sturgeon
        5. 15 Fish heart
        6. 13 Heart of angler
        7. 14 Heart of hake
        8. 25 Atrial septal defect
        9. 36 Tetralogy of Fallot
        10. 27 Atrial septal defect
        11. 43 AV septal defect
        12. 75 AV septal defect
        13. 9 Aortic valve cusp raphe
        14. 6 Quadricuspid pulmonary valve
        15. 55 Bicuspid aortic valve
        16. 8 Quadricuspid aortic valve
        17. 2 Bicuspid aortic valve
        18. 3 Bicuspid aortic valve
        19. 5 Anomalous mitral chord
        20. 76 Coarctation of aorta
        21. 74 Patent arterial duct
        22. 63 Patent arterial duct
        23. 64 Patent arterial duct
        24. 12 Patent arterial duct
        25. 34 Aneurysm septum primum
        26. 10 Bifid apex
        27. 11 Rhabdomyoma
        28. 49 Tetralogy of Fallot
        29. 52 Aortic atresia
        30. 58 Double inlet left ventricle
        31. 56 Transposition of the great arteries
        32. 48 Tricuspid atresia
        33. 50 Right ventricular obstruction
        34. 4 Bicuspid aortic valve
        35. 44 AV septal defect
        36. 79 Aplasia
        37. 23 Heart of alligator
        38. 17 Heart of eel
        39. 16 Heart of flounder
        40. 19 Heart of skate
      13. Electron Microscopy
      14. Physiology Research Instruments: A 20th Century Sample from McGill
        1. Physiology Research Instruments
          1. Spring Myograph
          2. Polarimeter
          3. Electrical “Tapper”
          4. Straub Manometer
          5. Piston Recorder
          6. Force-Displacement Transducer
          7. Induction Coil Stimulator
          8. Timing Clock
          9. Standard Cell Battery
          10. “Squid Box”: Electronic Analogue of the Axon of a Cell
        2. Physiology laboratory at McGill in 1880 and 1903
          1. New McGill Physiology Laboratory of 1903
          2. Osler’s Approach to Teaching Physiology
        3. Brodie-Starling Smoked-Drum Kymograph          
        4. Sanborn "Twin-Viso" Chart Recorder
      15. When There Are No Words
        1. Exhibit
          1. Confederation – WWI
          2. WWI – Quiet Revolution
          3. Quiet Revolution – End of the Millennium
          4. Contemporary Times
          5. The Healthcare Condolence Letter
          6. Grief, Mourning and Disenfranchisement
          7. Ephemera of Memorialization
        2. Introduction
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  • War, Bones and Books
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    • Pathologic Specimen
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    • Osler Collection
    • Specimens
      • Veterinary
      • Aneurysm
      • Valvular Disease
      • Pericardial Disease
      • Miscellaneous cardiac disease
      • Gastric Disease
        • 43 - Stomach: Multiple ulcers
        • 44 - Stomach: Cirrhosis
        • 45 - Stomach: Carcinoma
        • 46 - Stomach: Carcinoma
        • 47 - Stomach: Carcinoma
        • 48 - Stomach: Carcinoma
        • 49 - Stomach: Carcinoma
        • 50 - Stomach: Colloid carcinoma
      • Miscellaneous
  • Development Gone Awry
  • Postcard Collection
  • Nosce Te Ipsum
  • History of the Reflex Hammer
  • Anniversary Cabinet
  • MAMM Apothecary Planters
  • Pathology Collection
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Canadian Health Care Stamps
  • Cardiovascular Collection
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Physiology Research Instruments: A 20th Century Sample from McGill
  • When There Are No Words

Gastric Disease

43 - Stomach: Multiple ulcers

44 - Stomach: Cirrhosis

45 - Stomach: Carcinoma

46 - Stomach: Carcinoma

47 - Stomach: Carcinoma

48 - Stomach: Carcinoma

 

49 - Stomach: Carcinoma

 

50 - Stomach: Colloid carcinoma 

 

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