Bookplate: Three surgeons operate in front of a large open book bearing the text "Segvi il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." A serpent twines around a goblet to form a caduceus.
Bookplate is in the shape of a book with a mountainous landscape on the cover. A medical tent is in the middleground. A caduceus emblem is in the left foreground. Drawn by H. Huffert.
Dr. Wilburt Davison with two medical students in the Duke University Hospital Library. They are examining a portrait of William Harvey and looking at items from the Trent Collection.
Dignitaries standing outside the door of the just dedicated Trent Room in the Duke University Hospital Library. Dr. Davison is second from left and Mrs. Semans is third from right.
The newly constructed Trent Room in the Duke University Hospital Library showing the ivory anatomical manikins, apothecary jars, bronze ecorche and ivory skeleton. View 2.
The newly constructed Trent Room in the Duke University Hospital Library showing the ivory anatomical manikins, apothecary jars, bronze ecorche and ivory skeleton. View 1.
The newly constructed Trent Room in the Duke University Hospital Library showing the ivory anatomical manikins, apothecary jars, bronze ecorche and ivory skeleton. View 3.
The newly constructed Trent Room in the Duke University Hospital Library showing the ivory anatomical manikins, apothecary jars, bronze ecorche and ivory skeleton. View 5.
The newly constructed Trent Room in the Duke University Hospital Library showing the ivory anatomical manikins, apothecary jars, bronze ecorche and ivory skeleton. View 4.
Mrs. Semans and Thomas M. Simkins, Curator of rare books at Perkins Library, in the library of her home before the Trent Collection was moved to the Duke University Hospital Library. The case with the ivory manikins is in the foreground and the...
Mrs. Semans and Thomas M. Simkins, Curator of rare books at Perkins Library, in the library of her home before the Trent Collection was moved to the Duke University Hospital Library. The case with the ivory manikins is in the foreground and the...
Mrs. Semans and Thomas M. Simkins, Curator of rare books at Perkins Library, in the library of her home before the Trent Collection was moved to the Duke University Hospital Library. The case with the ivory manikins is in the foreground and the...
Mrs. Semans and Thomas M. Simkins, curator of rare books at Perkins Library, in the library of her home before the Trent Collection was moved to the Duke University Hospital Library. The case with the ivory manikins is in the foreground and the...
Douglas Grant Lochhead, librarian, in the Kipling Room of the MacDonald Memorial Library of Dalhousie University.
Publisher: Halifax, Nova Scotia: Wetmore Photo
Bookplate: An unclothed female on a square pedestal which has the image of a skull on the front. Behind her a very large eye emanates rays which illuminate the bones and internal organs of her torso. An elaborately coiled serpent drinks from a...
Portrait of a book placed between columns of a building. Various other objects appear on a wall. Drawn by A. Encarnacao Santos of Lisbon. Text in Latin and Portuguese.
Picture of some buildings as they appear from an open window. Several books are on a table, and a caduceus is shown at right. Text in Latin. Drawn by Ada Carazzola.
Portrait of a woman seated in the background. In the foreground is an hourglass, candle, book, a heart under glass, and other objects. Text: "For Ever Wilt Thou Love And She Be Fair." Drawn by B. Bramanti.
Picture of a man reclining between two pictures, labeled "Fons Vita" and "Fons Mortis". Man is reclining on a pedestal labeled "Cajal", with a statue behind him. At right "In memoriam" and at bottom "Dr. Manuel Morales Fraile". By Manuel Calderon.
Portrait of Paul D. White sitting at a table with both hands on a book. From the painting by Jacob Binder. Presentation inscription: “To Ed Orgain with affectionate regards Paul D. White June 1952.”
Picture of a man lying on an operating table. A doctor is sawing into his chest and standing on a ladder. A nurse and another attendant are also present. Pen sketch by by Rogerio Ribeiro. Zincograph by Marques Abreu.
Picture of a man with a nose ring, with papers, a pen and some books and instruments piled before him. Mushroom cloud in background. By Alberto Lima, for Arlindo Viana. Numbered 147.
Photograph of Herman W. Johnson with the inscription: "With affectionate regards to my midwife friends of the Southland. Herman W. Johnson, Baylor University College of Medicine Jan. 30, 1950"
Duke University Hospital Library reading room with only a few readers. Photographed by Walter E. Shackelford.
Durham, NC: Walter E. Shackelford, Custom Photography
A tree serves as a caduceus with a serpent wound around the trunk. The branches are hands, one holding a flower, another a globe. At the top is an eye.
Bookplate: A young man holds a jar aloft. To his lower right and left are heraldic shields of Hohenfeld and Mainbernheim, respectively. On upper left and right are anatomic cross-sections.
Bookplate: In a medieval interior, an elderly bearded man in long robes tries on spectacles. Another bearded man sits at a table offering other spectacles.
Bookplate: A physician examines a flask of urine while taking the pulse of a woman. Another woman looks on. Composition inspired by a Jan Steen painting.
Bookplate: A surgeon operates in the background. The grim reaper is in the foreground. A book is open to an image of a snake curled around a chalice to form a caduceus.
Bookplate: Inscribed in a circle is a male physician examining a female patient's eye. Below is a caduceus superimposed over the letters "R.L." against a backdrop of books and several onion-domed buildings.
Bookplate: Young girl with a flower in her right hand sits on a grassy hillside. Against a mountain backdrop two children carry an oversized crutch. An arch of roses frames the scene with a serpent and bowl on the right and an owl and books below.
Bookplate: Naked male infant standing atop a pillar urinating into a test tube attached by a clamp to a stand. Around the stand and test tube is wound a snake.
Bookplate: Bearded scholar reading in a grape arbor supported by doric columns. Foxglove growing at left. Greek inscription on cross beam [Proverbs 8:21].