Picture of a man standing up against the pages of an open book with his arms outstretched. Drawn by Dan Burne Jones. Text at bottom left: "For GS from DBJ."
Photograph of Vladimir Korenchevsky with the inscription: "To E. C. Hamblen in appreciation of his excellent endocrinological work from V. Korenchevsky. Oxford, 1940."
Picture showing various alchemical objects and a uroborus. Text in Greek. Text on verso: "La Crisopea di Cleopatra, dalla 'Storia della Chimica' di Gino Testi."
Bookplate: An older man in a trenchcoat is seated in a chair with a nicely dressed female skeleton on his lap. Books and lab equipment are on shelves behind them.
Picture of a man standing on a bowl holding up a baby. A number of nude women are arranged in a circle around the man. The bowl is on top of a book. A caduceus, scales, and other symbols are also shown. Drawn by R. Lane.
Bookplate: A modern male figure clothed in a lab coat and gloves examines a test tube. A shadow figure behind him in medieval dress holds aloft a flask. A banner between them reads: Nova et Vetera.
Portrait of a book with two shields. On one shield is a skull, and on the other shield is a caduceus. A patriarchal cross is in the center. Drawn by H. S.
Picture of the devil driving a plow. Tuberous vegetables are shown scattered on the ground. The plow itself contains a triangle with an eye inside. Drawn by K. R. S.
Picture by Slevadi of a nude woman standing among trees with a snake coiled on a book on the ground. Text at top: "Ex Libris Privis." Name at bottom: Abraham F. Lash.
Benjamin Waterhouse. Manuscript note on verso indicates that this is from a portrait by Guilbert Stuart. From Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs, September 19, 1935, Pleadwell.
Portrait of James Young Simpson. He is sitting in a chair holding his cane. His right arm is resting on a stack of books. Painted by T. Hamilton Crawford. An impression with the letters "ZGGU" is located in the bottom left hand corner of the sheet....
Bookplate: Two men wearing robes and caps face each other. One is pressing a cloth against the wound in the other's right forearm. A left hand radiating rays with a palm facing out is on a cloth hanging behind them.
Silhouette of Crawford W. Long, shown facing left and holding a book. Cut from an 1842 portrait of him by his youngest living daughter, Edwina M. Long of Athens, Ga. Cut for the Mallin Roudel Co.
Picture showing various symbols, including several crosses, a serpent with its head pointed down toward a goblet, and a skull being held in a man's hand. Drawn by C. Alban. Text in French and German.
Picture of a door in Klebs' library, Les Terrasses. A tree can be seen outside of the open door. Text on verso includes "1933, August. Outlet."
Publisher: Lyon: Les Terrasses.
Picture of an old man using a funnel to pour something into a person's head. Various symbols, including an owl and a globe are shown. Drawn by K. Muhlenck.
Tuesday morning conference in the old autopsy room at Bay View. Facilities were used for the instruction of Hopkins Medical students. The material used at these conferences was brought to Duke and formed the basis of the original Duke collection which...
Photograph of Alan Mason Chesney. Chesney was Associate Professor of Medicine and Dean of the Hopkins Medical faculty. Autograph note with Forbus’ initials on verso of photo.
Photograph taken at the dedication of the Wilmer Institute of Johns Hopkins in October, 1929. Left to right, seated: Fuchs, De Schweinitz; standing: Parsons, Wilmer.
Photograph of William H. Welch. Note on verso indicates that photograph was taken by W. G. McCallum. Presentation inscription: “With grandfatherly regards to Dr. Forbus, William H. Welch.”
Photograph of J. Miller in university cap and gown, holding a cane.; Inscribed to Henry Schuman and signed on front and back by J. Miller. Taken at 92nd anniversary of founding of the Medical College of Virginia, in Richmond, VA.
Photograph of Karl Sudhoff. Inscription in upper left hand corner of the photograph indicates Professor Sudhoff was the guest of honor on the occasion of the dedication of the Welch Library of Johns Hopkins University and the Institute of the History...
Sudhoff and Welch facing each other, with a pillar and a stone wall in the background, Sudhoff is holding a drinking glass. Text: "Prof. Karl Sudhoff and Dr. William H. Welch at a convention in Bad Homburg, Germany, in 1927. Courtesy of Dr. Arnold C....
Picture of a woman holding a bowl with her arms raised. A serpent is shown with its head above the bowl. A ship is shown in the background. Along the borders are various nautical implements. Drawn by F. Faictus.
Picture of a woman resting on an anchor, with books behind her. At top "Spes ultima dea" At bottom ":Bucherei: Emil Jekelius Apotheker". By Fritz Kimm.
Portrait of Sir Frederick Hopkins, founder of the Cambridge University School of Biochemistry. Nobel Prize winner, 1929, for his discovery of growth-promoting vitamins.
Autographed photo of Janos Bokay with presentation inscription in German to Dr. Wilburt C. Davison. Signature of W. C. Davison on back of framed photograph. Gift of Jay Arena, M.D. May, 1967.
Painting of Sir Frederick Grant Banting, seated and attired in academic regalia with facsimile signature. Banting was one of the discoverers of insulin and received the Nobel Prize in 1923.
Geometric designs in which are incorporated a skull, a microscope, and an open book. A verse written by Goethe is shown at the top of the sheet. Text in German. Drawn by Charles Midlo.