American poet and physician (1809–1894)

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Oliver Wendell Holmes. Wood engraving, 1867, after A. Sonrel.

Oliver Wendell Holmes. Stipple engraving by H.W. Smith, 1858.

Oliver Wendell Holmes. Colour lithograph by Sir L. Ward [Spy], 1886.

Oliver Wendell Holmes : physician and humanist / [Ephraim Fischoff].

Annual circular of the Massachusetts Medical College : with a history of the Medical Department of Harvard University, a catalogue of graduates, &c.

Life and letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes / by John T. Morse, jr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes. Photograph after J.A.J. Wilcox.

Medical essays, 1842-1882.

Oration delivered before the city authorities of Boston, on the fourth of July, 1863 / by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Soundings from the Atlantic / By Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Elsie Venner : a romance of destiny / by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Images featuring Oliver Wendell Holmes

Works from the collections

Medical essays, 1842-1882.

Oration delivered before the city authorities of Boston, on the fourth of July, 1863 / by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Life and letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes / by John T. Morse, jr.

Soundings from the Atlantic / By Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Elsie Venner : a romance of destiny / by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

Images from the collections

Images featuring Oliver Wendell Holmes

Works from the collections

Medical essays, 1842-1882.

Oration delivered before the city authorities of Boston, on the fourth of July, 1863 / by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Life and letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes / by John T. Morse, jr.

Soundings from the Atlantic / By Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Elsie Venner : a romance of destiny / by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

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