Harvard Collection

Harvard Collection

Harvard collection storage cabinet

Charles Sedgwick Minot (1852–1914)

This historic collection of human and other embryos was originally collected by Charles Minot (1852–1914), sometimes referred to as the Minot Collection, now forms part of the larger Carnegie Collection.

"These considerations have led us to adopt a metal cabinet, which has been specially devised for our needs. It is made of sheet tin in such a manner that the trays are very compact, are absolutely interchangeable, an intake up a minimum amount of room. The construction adopted is such that the tendency to warp is entirely done away with (Fig.3) The trays are all japanned so that they do not rust, and we slip a bit of white paper into each tray to make a background for the sections. Each tray is, moreover, furnished with a litle label holder, and they are put together in cabinets of thirty trays each, the trays themselves being of such a size that they will hold twenty-four of the ordinary slides, three inches by one. Moreover, the cabinets themselves are so devised that they can be stacked one on top of another, taking up a minimum amount of room. We devote a vertical column of these cabinets to a species, and simply interpolate from time to time a new cabinet in the column as the growth of the col- lection may render necessary. The cabinets are made by Peter Gray & Co., of Union street, Boston, and are now kept in stock by several of the dealers in microscopical supplies in this country. They cost only a trifle more than the wooden cabinets, and are, according to our trial of them, certainly to be preferred to any other form of cabinet which we have tested." (Text from The Harvard Embryological Collection (1905).)

Links: 1905 The Harvard Embryological Collection | Charles Minot

Embryo 17.8mm

Brain and Gastrointestinal Tract Embryo 17.8mm

External appearance suggests Carnegie stage 19 embryo (Week 7, 48 - 51 days, 16 - 18 mm).

Harvard Collection Catalogue

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  Human, Cat, Dog and Rabbit

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  Rabbit

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  Guinea Pig, Pig and Chicken

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  Chicken and Lizard

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  Lizard

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  Garfish, Catfish and Trout

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  Catfish and Torpedo

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  Spiny dogfish and Thornback ray

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  Lamprey and Lancelet

Links: Catalogue Table | 1905 The Harvard Embryological Collection

Harvard Collection Embryos

Fig. 267. — Transverse sections of the epithelial tube of the oesophagus. X 160 diam. A, embryo of 16 mm. (Harvard Collection, Series 1322). B, 19 mm. (Harvard Collection, Series 819). C and D, successive sections from an embryo of 22.8 mm. (Harvard Collection, Series 871).

Manual of Human Embryology II Keibel, F. and Mall, F.P. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia (1912)

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• National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs Charles Minot (1920)

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