Surgical saw with elaborately tooled frame handle. It is displayed with a copy of Gersdorff's "Feldbuch der Wundtartzney" which has been opened to an illustration of a surgeon using a similar saw.
Number of physicians gathered around a table in an elegant drawing room. One is speaking with great fervor, others are listening, sleeping, talking to another, or daydreaming. By Geyer, engraved by Payne.
A woman in an early nursing uniform attends a sick male patient. The setting seems to be in a hospital because the beds are surrounded by curtains and written orders hang above the beds.
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.
Spurzheim standing, with people around him who appear hostile or upset. One man is brandishing fists, a woman is drawing away, and several other men are glaring at Spurzheim. Drawn by Bruyeres, engraved by Nargeol. Plate 90.
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.
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.
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....
Photograph of Florence Nightingale Memorial in Florence, Italy. The memorial is in the Cloister of Santa Croce. From the collection of Howard A. Kelly, M.D., No. 50.
Photograph of the Florence Nightingale Memorial. From the collection of Howard A. Kelly, M.D., No. 43.
Pubilsher: London: Barratt Photographers, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street.
The first statue to the honor of Florence Nightingale, unveiled by the Duke of Devonshire at Derby. The statue is the work of Countess Feovore Flerchen. From the collection of Howard Kelly, M.D. No. 37.
Portrait of Edward Cowles seated at a table with a book in his right hand. From the painting by William Dean Hamilton. Signature reads "Faithfully yours Edward Cowles."
People standing outside the Boston General Hospital. Drawn by R. Goodacre, engraved and printed by Fenner Sears & Co. Published May 1, 1831 by I. T. Hinton and Simpkin & Marshall.
Photograph of the drawings on the walls of a medical student dorm room. At center is the figure of a woman and various other objects, one of which is entitled “Mole Pheasant.”
Photograph of the drawings on the walls of a medical student dorm room. A large fan is shown at the center of the photograph. “Colostomy Cup Winner” is the title of one of the drawings.
Photograph of the drawings on the walls of a medical student dorm room. Clothes are shown draped over a chair. One of the drawings is entitled “Pea Vine de Lenard.”
Portrait of Max Josef von Pettenkofer. Painted by T. A. v. Kaulbach. Pettenkofer is sitting in a chair with his hand on the arms of the chair. The number "4344" is shown at the bottom of the sheet.
Publisher: Berlin: Photographische Gesellschaft.
Photograph of William James Mayo. Photograph taken by Parkinson, Boston. The number "13417" appears in the bottom right hand corner of the sheet.
Publisher: Berlin-Charlottenburg: Adolf Eckstein's Verlag.
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 Victor Albrecht von Haller sitting by a table, with his right hand resting on a book on the table. Painted by T. R. Studer v. W., engraved by I. I. Haid.
Photograph of Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, who analyzed the motor functions of the cerebral cortex, the brain stem and the spinal cord of primates with Victor Alexander Haden Horsley.
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.
Picture of Joseph Lister, who made classic studies on the process of inflammation, and showed the blood could be kept indefinitely free from putrefaction.
Portrait of Richard Lower wearing a squared collar. Lower was a pioneer in blood transfusion, and showed that blood changed color when passing through the lungs.
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 an older Johann von Mikulicz-Radecki. Facsimile signature. The number "1742" is shown in the bottom right hand corner of the sheet.
Publisher: Berlin-Charlottenburg: Adolf Eckstein's Verlag.
Portrait of Charles Horace Mayo, right view. Facsimile signature. The number "13666" is shown in the bottom right hand corner of the sheet.
Publisher: Berlin-Charlottenburg: Adolf Eckstein's Verlag.
Portrait of Adolf Lorenz in full beard and mustache. Facsimile signature. The number "2083" is shown in the right hand corner of the sheet.
Publisher: Berlin-Charlottenburg: Adolf Eckstein's Verlag.