Hoisting a book truck from the lower stack level to the main level in the old Duke University Hospital Library during the move to the new Library in the Seeley G. Mudd building.
Picture of Euphorbia corollata, frequently called flowering spurge which is a type of milkweed. Fairly well-known medicinal plant in the early nineteenth century. Used as an emetic and a cathartic. Engraved by Annin & Smith. "PL. LIII" appears...
Photograph showing two men sitting in front of a hyperbaric unit. One man is wearing a headset, and the other man appears to be a staff member. Some instruments are shown in front of the men.
Picture of a bust of John Hunter, brother of the anatomist and obstetrician, William Hunter. John Hunter studied among other things the function of the air sac in birds, the olfactory nerves, sex behavior in many different animals, and pioneered...
Portrait of John Hunter. He is sitting in a chair with a quill pen in his right hand and his left hand on his chin. His left elbow is resting on a table containing several books. Drawn by Sir Joshua Reynolds. From the engraving in the collection...
Portrait of Georgius Agricola in an oval frame, drawn by Christoph. Lud. Agricola and engraved by Bernardus Vogel. The frame is partially covered by a curtain. A coat of arms is shown in the bottom left hand corner of the sheet and the limbs of a...
Portrait of Florence Nightingale in oval, from a drawing by Elizabeth Rigby (Lady Eastlake). Engraved by Emery Walker. From the collection of Howard A. Kelly, M.D., No. 59.
Portrait of William Harvey dissecting Thomas Parr. Harvey is standing in front of the operating table. A group of men are present in the room observing the procedure. Drawn by H. C. Read.
Portrait of Florence Nightingale reading a book she is holding in her hands. This is a photographic reproduction of an anonymous crayon drawing. From the collection of Howard A. Kelly, M.D., No. 6.
Portrait of Daniel Bernoulli leaning on a table, holding his right hand out, palm up. Text in Latin. I. Rudolph Hubar, Senat Basil, painter. I. Iacob Haid, engraver.
Dr. Solander, right, in left profile, and Joseph Banks, left, in right profile. Text at bottom "Published as the Act directs by T. Wright 1 Apr. 1778."
Photograph of William G. MacCallum of the Pathology Staff at Hopkins. He is sitting down with his hands resting on a desk. Facsimile signature.
Publisher: New York: Doris Ulmann.
Three quarter profile of William Buchan, M.D., engraved by Thomson from an original painting by Wales in possession of the Doctor's son. With facsimile signature.
Picture showing Troy Hospital. This view shows two wings, one of which is partially obscured by trees. A stone wall, several large boulders, and four people are also shown.
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.”
Vesalius standing next to a man lying on a table covered by a sheet, with a large book across the table. Another table on the right has a skull and various instruments.
Bust of John Morgan from a panel in the sculpture-American Medicine-by Doris Appel. Text at bottom: "200 years ago-1765-founded the first medical school in the United States at the University of Pennsylvania." Manuscript note on facing page:...
Illustration showing an anatomical amphitheater built in the reign of Louis the Great (above) with a panoramic view of Paris (below). Text in Latin and French.
Portrait of Jacobus Henricus Van 'T Hoff, a Dutch chemist who laid the foundations for stereochemistry. He was the first to receive the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. "Triangle Volume V No. 3 September 1961" appears at head of sheet.
Photograph of a house painted white. Text at bottom: "Belroi Birthplace of Dr. Walter Reed, Gloucester Virginia. Restored 1927. D. N. Davidson." Presented to the Duke Hospital by Clarence Porter Jones.
Photograph of an unpainted house, prerestoration. Text at bottom: "Belroi Birthplace of Dr. Walter Reed, Gloucester Virginia. D. N. Davidson." Presented to the Duke Hospital by Clarence Porter Jones.