<description>&lt;p&gt;Earlier this season, we visited the Ether Dome at the Massachusetts General Hospital to learn about the first public use of an anesthetic in surgery. On this bonus episode of &lt;em&gt;The Object of History,&lt;/em&gt; we return to Mass General to visit the Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation. MHS Podcast Producer Sam Hurwitz joins the Director of the Museum, Sarah Alger, for a tour where they examine some of the museum's most significant items related to the history of medicine.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Learn more about episode objects here: &lt;a href= "https://www.masshist.org/podcast/season-4-bonus-episode-Russell-Museum"&gt; https://www.masshist.org/podcast/season-4-bonus-episode-Russell-Museum&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Email us at &lt;a href= "mailto:podcast@masshist.org"&gt;podcast@masshist.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.masshist.org/podcast/season-4-episode-3-painless-revolution"&gt; Listen to Episode 3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Episode Special Guest:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sarah Alger is the George and Nancy Putnam Director of Mass General Hospital's &lt;a href="https://www.russellmuseum.org/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation&lt;/a&gt;. She was a founding editor of Proto, a thought leadership publication that was sponsored by MGH for 17 years.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This episode uses materials from:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch/field-report-vol-ix-smith-and-bybee-wetlands-instrumental/the-bond-instrumental/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;The Bond (Instrumental) &lt;/a&gt;by Chad Crouch (&lt;a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International&lt;/a&gt;)       &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href= "https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/ascendance/psychic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Psychic&lt;/a&gt; by Dominic Giam of Ketsa Music (licensed under a commercial non-exclusive license by the Massachusetts Historical Society through Ketsa.uk)       &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href= "https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Emotive_Music_Film_and_Radio/Curious_Nature" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Curious Nature&lt;/a&gt; by Dominic Giam of Ketsa Music (licensed under a commercial non-exclusive license by the Massachusetts Historical Society through Ketsa.uk)&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Object of History

Massachusetts Historical Society

"How Far We've Come": A Tour of the Russell Museum

NOV 15, 202527 MIN
The Object of History

"How Far We've Come": A Tour of the Russell Museum

NOV 15, 202527 MIN

Description

Earlier this season, we visited the Ether Dome at the Massachusetts General Hospital to learn about the first public use of an anesthetic in surgery. On this bonus episode of The Object of History, we return to Mass General to visit the Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation. MHS Podcast Producer Sam Hurwitz joins the Director of the Museum, Sarah Alger, for a tour where they examine some of the museum's most significant items related to the history of medicine. Learn more about episode objects here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/season-4-bonus-episode-Russell-Museum Email us at [email protected]. Listen to Episode 3 Episode Special Guest: Sarah Alger is the George and Nancy Putnam Director of Mass General Hospital's Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation. She was a founding editor of Proto, a thought leadership publication that was sponsored by MGH for 17 years. This episode uses materials from: The Bond (Instrumental) by Chad Crouch (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International) Psychic by Dominic Giam of Ketsa Music (licensed under a commercial non-exclusive license by the Massachusetts Historical Society through Ketsa.uk) Curious Nature by Dominic Giam of Ketsa Music (licensed under a commercial non-exclusive license by the Massachusetts Historical Society through Ketsa.uk)