Photograph of nine men lined up against the wooden exterior wall of a barrack. The photo came from an envelope marked X-Ray repair shop Paris. From the archives of Charles Reed.
17th century copy of a late 14th century Persian manuscript treatise on anatomy showing a diagram of the muscles. Slide 4. Located at: qS Mansur 15th century.
17th century copy of a late 14th century Persian manuscript treatise on anatomy showing a diagram of the nerves. Slide 3. Located at: qS Mansur 15th century.
Photograph of the Florence Nightingale Memorial in Liverpool, England; Charles J. Allen, sculptor. From the collection of Howard A. Kelly, M.D., No. 54.
Published in Liverpool, England.
Half-portrait of Florence Nightingale, done in her last days. Copied from a drawing from memory by Augustin Rischy. From the collection of Howard A. Kelly, M.D., No. 26.
Three-quarter portrait of Florence Nightingale. Text: "When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering Angel thou." Dedicated to the Subscribers to the Nightingale Fund. A proof of an engraving by J. Moore. From the collection of Howard A....
Picture of St. Thomas' Hospital, Southwark, London. Erected in 1555, with the statue of the founder, King Edward VI, in front of the building. From the collection of Howard A. Kelly, M.D., No. 44.
Portait of adult woman who was the first baby born of a mother to whom anesthesia had been administered. Photograph given to Howard Kelly by Eve Simpson, daugther of Sir James Simpson.
Alexander Anderson, M.D. The amiable and excellent Engraver and Father of the Art of Wood Engraving in America, in his Ninety Second year. Caption signed by L. E. C.
Portrait of Sir Frederick Hopkins, founder of the Cambridge University School of Biochemistry. Nobel Prize winner, 1929, for his discovery of growth-promoting vitamins.
Portrait of Dominique Jean Larrey looking downward to his right, wearing a coat with braids and cords on the right shoulder and medals on the left. Text in French. By Pierre Guerin.
Portrait of Rene Descartes sitting at a desk with a pen in his right hand and several books on a table in front of him. Drawn by Tacquand and engraved by Gartte.
Portrait of Richard Mead above with a small picture of a hand holding a magnifying glass in front of a bowl of snakes below. Engraved by J. Pass for the Encyclopedia Londinensis.
Photograph of August Krogh, who showed that blood capacity for oxygen is influenced by carbon dioxide tension. Krogh was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1920.
Portrait of Thomas Linacre, First President of the Royal College of Physicians. Engraved by H. Cook. Manuscript note attributes the original painting to Holbein or Quentin Massys. Facsimile signature.
Portrait of James Blundell. A curtain and shelves of books are shown in the background. Drawn by H. Room and engraved by J. Cochran. Facsimile signature.
Cartes de visite photograph of Edward Hammond Clarke from page 16 of an anonymous album. Clarke claimed that the health of adolescent women could be endangered by academic work and thus argued against co-education and the admission of women to...