Professor, Department of Pathology & Director, Maude Abbott Medical Museum
richard.fraser [at] mcgill.ca听|听514 826 4768
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Rick Fraser received his MDCM degree from 91丝瓜视频 in 1976 and still practices medicine (pathology) at the MUHC. He has been Director of the MAMM since its inception in 2012. In this capacity, he has worked on a variety of medical historical projects with 91丝瓜视频 undergraduate students from various Faculties. The MAMM鈥檚 rich collection of material objects, both biological and non-biological, provides a unique resource for study and research of medical history at 91丝瓜视频 and elsewhere.
Research Interests:
Medical museum history; historical and current scientific studies of historical pathological and anatomical material
Selected Publications:
Fraser RS: Hic est locus ubi mors gaudet succurrere vitae: Maude Abbott and the Malformed Heart. In Women and the Material Culture of Death. Eds: Maureen Goggin and Mary Tobin. Ashgate. 2014.
Pors J, Fraser R, Fraser R. Duncan McEachran and the One Health Movement. The Pharos 80 (3): 12 - 18. 2017.
Wright Jr J, Alberti S, Lyons C, Fraser R. Maude Abbott and the Origin and Mysterious Disappearance of the Canadian Medical War Museum. Arch Path Lab Med. 142: 1292 鈥� 1301. 2018.
Totten S, Fraser R: Narratives of the Museum Specimen: a pilot project. Medical Education 52: 1186. 2018
Baig A, Fraser R. Pathology Imaging and Education in the 1900s: Looking through the magic lantern glass slide. Can J Pathol. 13:42-48. 2021
Rajaram A, Fiset P-O, Fraser R. Photogrammetry of 鈥淲et鈥� Pathology Museum Specimens: A pilot project. Collections. A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals. Jul 2023 2023
Courses Given:
INDS 426 Putting it All Together: Basic Science, Medicine & Society. Medicine and the Material Object
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