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 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 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.
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.
Photograph of John Herr Musser. He is sitting in a chair near a desk with books on top of the desk. Photographed by Haeseler. Facsimile signature.
Publisher: New York: Berlin Pub. Co.; Berlin-Charlottenburg: Adolf Eckstein's Verlag.
Statue of Florence Nightingale as The Lady with the Lamp. Statue is in the Florence Nightingale Home, St. Thomas's Hospital, London. Drawn by H. Bonham Carter and engraved by C. H. Jones. From the collection of Howard A. Kelly, M.D., No....
Photograph of the Nightingale Ward at St. Thomas's Hospital. A number of patients are shown lying in bed. The ward seems to be decorated with garlands. From the collection of Thomas A. Kelly, No. 33.
Published in London.
Photograph of Florence Nightingale's home in Embley Park, Romsey, Hampshire. Embley Park is noted for its long road and masses of rhododendrons. From the collection of Howard A. Kelly, M.D., No. 29.
Photograph of St. Thomas Hospital, Lambeth, London erected 1870-1871. The building with the tower is the medical building. A river and several boats are also shown. From the collection of Howard A. Kelly, No. 45.
Publisher: [London] F. F & Co.
Sigerist sitting at a desk holding a book. Presentation inscription: "To Henry Schuman with the good wishes March 1943 Dr. Sigerist" By Greystone Studios Inc., New York.
Left to right, Arena, Davison, and McGovern standing. Arena and Davison both wearing glasses. Presentation inscription: "To Jay Arena from Dave W. Davison."
Portrait of Johann Christian Reil, who emphasized irritability as a specific property of living material, and advanced the concept of the living force as a chemical factor in function. He founded the first periodical for physiology.
Clendening standing, holding an open book, with shelves of books behind him. Presentation inscription: "For my friend Henry Schuman (H. B. Honest bookseller) with the regards of Logan Clendening 1943 Holding the 'Diologo di Galilio.'" Also signed...
Portrait of Ernest Henry Starling, whose findings were milestones in the advance of cardiology and the treatment of heart diseases. "Triangle Volume 7 Number 5 1966" at head of sheet.
Portrait of Stephen Hales holding a book in his hands entitled "An Account of Some Hydraulic and Hydrostatical Experiments Made On The Blood and Blood Vessels of Animals."
Photograph of John Bland Sutton. Photographed by Elliot & Fry: London. Facsimile signature. The number "12461" appears at the bottom right hand corner of the street.
Publisher: Berlin-Charlottenburg: Adolf Eckstein's Verlag.
Portrait of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, who saw the capillary anastomosis between an artery and a vein, described the red blood cells and observed microorganisms in scrapings from the teeth.
Photograph of Charles Robert Richet, who described anaphylaxis and indicated its functional aspects. He was given the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1910.
Picture showing Dr. Charcot giving a lecture and demonstration. A hysterical woman patient is being supported directly to his left. His lecture is being attended by a number of people, whose names are given at the bottom of the picture. Painted by...
Portrait of Henry Gray, author of the famous anatomy text which continues to appear in the revised editions until the present day. Facsimile signature.
Photograph of Joseph Colt Bloodgood with his left hand in his pocket. Autograph note by Forbus on verso indicates Bloodgood was a Professor of Surgery and one of Halsted's staff who set up the Laboratory of Surgical Pathology at Johns Hopkins...
Signed photograph of Ludwig Aschoff. Forbus' note, signed with his initials, on face of photo indicate it had previously belonged to Baldwin Lueke, Professor of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania.
Portrait of Florence Nightingale, left view. Engraved by C. Cook. Facsimile inscription: "Yours very truly Florence Nightingale." From the collection of Howard A. Kelly, M.D., No. 4.
Publisher: London: George Routledge & Co.
Rear view of J. Y. Simpson between his son David and Captain Jervay. Manuscript note on verso: "The Backs. A discussion as to whose back was broadest. J. Y. S. had them photographed."
Portrait of Swammerdam sitting at a table with a book and quill and inkwell on it. Swammerdam is holding a piece of paper with writing in German on it in his left hand, and holding a glove in his right hand. A picture of a heart is on the wall by...
Postcard of Yale Medical Library Historical Library. On verso: "The Rotunda, Yale Medical library Dedicated to Harvey Cushing Reproduced for the Associates of the Yale Medical Library." Printed by The Meriden Gravure Company.
Postcard of Yale Medical Library Historical Library. On verso: "Historical Library, Yale Medical library Reproduced for the Associates of the Yale Medical Library." Printed by The Meriden Gravure Company.
Five pictures, one of a large meeting room with people in it, one of two men looking at a painting, one of the Osler Memorial Building plaque, one of people standing outside the building, and one of the Autopsy Room in the building.
Portrait of Frederick Grant Banting. Banting's work helped lead to the isolation and subsequent use of insulin for the control of carbohydrate metabolism.