Portrait of Ure looking straight ahead with his body turned slightly to the right. Engraved by R. Roffe from an original painting by Daniel McNee, for the Mechanics Magazine vol. XXVII. Published Dec. 1st 1837 by W. A. Robertson, Peterborough Court....
Portrait of Benjamin Rush sitting at a desk. Engraved by R. W. Dodson from a painting by T. Sully in possession of Richard Bush Esqr. Facsimile signature.
Leake writing with a pencil, looking at his writing rather than at the camera. Presentation inscription: "For Henry Schuman, God bless him, the most erudite, generous and genial of all book and cheese lovers! Ides of March-for which no fear! 1943...
Portrait of Albert John Ochsner wearing glasses, in three-quarters right profile. Photographed by Adolf Eckstein. Facsimile signature.
Publisher: Berlin-Charlottenburg.
Portrait of Paul Ehrlich in his laboratory. He appears to have been the first to appreciate the importance of megaloblastosis in primary anemias. Painted by Homer Hill.
Picture of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. Included in foreground are a book, a cup and a pair of scissors. The border includes columns with ivy, butterflies, and flowers. Text in Latin.
Hand colored diagram of the arterial system in a Persian treatise on anatomy by Mansur ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad. This is a seventeenth century copy of a late fourteenth century manuscript.
Oil portrait of Valentine Mott, M.D. who was a pioneer vascular surgeon famous for ligation of great vessels for aneurysm. He was considered the leading American surgeon of the first half of the nineteenth century.
Picture showing the bust of a man's head surrounded by a circular border with a shelf of books and other objects below. A caduceus is shown at the top of the sheet. Presented by the Dental Class of 1939. Drawn by Leslie Victor Smith.
Picture of a hand holding a banner reading "'Knowledge is power' - Bacon." Numbered 55. At top "Medical and scientific library." For G. I. Fisher, A.M., M.D. By C. Ulrich.
Moses holding the Ten Commandments looks down on a panorama of modern Israel. A caduceus is placed in the lower right corner. Text in Latin and Hebrew.
Picture of a bust of Hipocrates, with children putting laurels and flowers on it. Books, cats, and a man's head below. Caption at top "Vitam impendere vero". By Alexander Coll for Dr. Enrique Saez.
Picture of a Spanish knight, holding a shield with the banner "Festina Lente" and with another banner overhead saying "Bibliografia Rodrimarinsta." Name at bottom: Dr. Castillo de Lucas.
Portrait of a skull with monkeys in both eyes and nose. Text: "Hear no evil, See no evil, speak no evil." Books represent the teeth. A man holding a rod and a hooked fish is also shown.
Bookplate with no picture. Text "Medical subscription library - This book may be kept 10 days exclusive of the day taken out - Hull General Infirmary."