Digital Commonwealth — Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Chambered nautilus shell
Undated
The nautilus shell, formerly on display in the Boston Medical Library’s building at 8 The Fenway, was probably originally in Holmes’ study. A second nautilus shell is housed with other Holmes items at Harvard’s Houghton Library. Nautilus shell from Oliver Wendell Holmes's (1809-1894) study
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