Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. has long been a celebrated figure at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and in the history of medicine more generally. And yet in part on account of Holmes's putative link to eugenics, but especially on account of his role as dean in the dismissal of the first three African American students at HMS in 1850, his name has recently become associated with systemic racism as well. In October 2020, the Oliver Wendell Holmes Society at HMS (one of the society "homes" to which students are assigned at admission) was renamed the William Augustus Hinton Society, in honor of the pioneering African American syphilologist. This paper examines the shifting depiction of Holmes as well as Holmes's considerations of hereditary determinism and race over the course of his long career in the nineteenth century as a test case concerning the evolving evaluation of historical figures in the history of medicine.

Scott H. Podolsky

Bulletin of the history of medicine

作为该领域超过四分之三个世纪的领先期刊，该公报涵盖了全球医学史的社会、文化和科学方面。每期都包括对近期医学史书籍的评论。经常出现的部分包括数字人文与公共历史和教育学。 BULLETIN OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE 是美国医学史协会 (AAHM) 和约翰霍普金斯医学史研究所的官方出版物。

The Bulletin of the History of Medicine is a leading journal in the field for over three centuries, covering the social, cultural, and scientific aspects of global medical history. Each issue includes reviews of recent books in medical history. Regular sections feature digital humanities, public history, and pedagogy. The journal is the official publication of the American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) and the Johns Hopkins Institute of the History of Medicine.

《Bulletin of the History of Medicine》是该领域超过三个世纪的领先期刊，涵盖全球医学史的社会、文化和科学方面。每期都包括对近期医学史书籍的评论。常见的栏目包括数字人文、公共历史和教育学。该期刊是美国医学史协会（AAHM）和约翰霍普金斯医学史研究所的官方出版物。

Category	Quartile
哲学	2
哲学, 科学史与科学哲学	2
哲学, 卫生保健与服务	3

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Racism, and Remembrance

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