Portrait of John Evelyn. A wreath of leaves and acorns is above his portrait. Text at top of sheet: "Philosophers of the last Century." Engraved by Caldwall.
Portrait of Santorio Santorio. He is sitting in a wooden structure in front of a table. Santorio pioneered in studying metabolism and placed physiology on a quantitative basis.
Picture showing a group of people gathered at a landing. A number of them are sick or wounded. Some are being led to the end of the landing to be put into boats. Mountains and buildings are shown in the background. Painted by W. Simpson and...
Postcard of men in a field, aiming rifles. Text at bottom: "On the firing line, Military camp of instruction, Plattsburgh, N. Y." Photo by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y. Numbered P9620.
Publisher: Plattsburgh
Portrait of Benjamin Rush sitting at a desk with his right hand on a book. Engraved from the original picture in the possession of Dr. D. Hosack. Painted by Sully and engraved by Leney.
Dedication ceremonies for the Seeley G. Mudd building on the lower terrace outside the Searle Center. Dr. Lewis Thomas at the podium with (from left to right): Dr. William G. Anlyan, Terry Sanford, Dr. Martin Cummings, Rev. James T. Cleland, and Dr....
Photograph of nine men lined up against the wooden exterior wall of a barrack. The photo came from an envelope marked X-Ray repair shop Paris. From the archives of Charles Reed.
17th century copy of a late 14th century Persian manuscript treatise on anatomy showing a diagram of the muscles. Slide 4. Located at: qS Mansur 15th century.
17th century copy of a late 14th century Persian manuscript treatise on anatomy showing a diagram of the nerves. Slide 3. Located at: qS Mansur 15th century.
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.
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.
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. Kelly,...
Picture of St. Thomas' Hospital, Southwark, London. Erected in 1555, with the statue of the founder, King Edward VI, in front of the building. From the collection of Howard A. Kelly, M.D., No. 44.
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.
Alexander Anderson, M.D. The amiable and excellent Engraver and Father of the Art of Wood Engraving in America, in his Ninety Second year. Caption signed by L. E. C.
Portrait of Sir Frederick Hopkins, founder of the Cambridge University School of Biochemistry. Nobel Prize winner, 1929, for his discovery of growth-promoting vitamins.
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 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 Richard Mead above with a small picture of a hand holding a magnifying glass in front of a bowl of snakes below. Engraved by J. Pass for the Encyclopedia Londinensis.
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.
Portrait of Thomas Linacre, First President of the Royal College of Physicians. Engraved by H. Cook. Manuscript note attributes the original painting to Holbein or Quentin Massys. Facsimile signature.
Portrait of James Blundell. A curtain and shelves of books are shown in the background. Drawn by H. Room and engraved by J. Cochran. Facsimile signature.
Reception in the Duke University Medical Center Library following the dedication ceremonies. Lower lobby with guests moving in the direction of the History of Medicine Reading Room. Dr. Martin Cummings and Dr. William G. Anlyan are at far left.
Reception in the Duke University Medical Center Library following the dedication ceremonies. Left to right, Dr. William G. Anlyan, Dr. Martin Cummings, and Dr. Jane G. Elchlepp talking with guests in the lower lobby.
Celebration commemorating the Library's tenth anniversary since its move to the Seeley G. Mudd building. Entrance lobby with Sally Wardell and Connie Culler at the circulation desk.
Cartes de visite photograph of Edward Hammond Clarke from page 16 of an anonymous album. Clarke claimed that the health of adolescent women could be endangered by academic work and thus argued against co-education and the admission of women to medical...
Cartes de visite photograph of John Barnard Swett Jackson from page 21 of an anonymous album. Jackson was curator of Warren Anatomical Museum at Harvard and curator of the Museum of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement. Photographed by J. W....
Cartes de visite photograph of George Cheyne Shattuck, Jr., from page 25 of an anonymous album. Shattuck was president of the Massachusetts Medical Society for which he established the annual Shattuck lectureship. Photographed by J. W. Black.
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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 of J....
Photograph of Wilhelm von Waldeyer-Hartz. He is standing grasping a pince-nez in his left hand. His right hand is on a table. Photographed by Nicola Perscheid. The number "4726" is shown at the bottom of the sheet.
Publisher: Berlin: Photographische...
Portrait of Guy Crescent Fagon wearing a wig. Drawn by Sandoz and engraved by Sichling. The words "tableau du temps" appear directly beneath. Fagon was physician to Louis XIV. At head of sheet: "2482 BIS."
Portrait of William Harvey. Harvey was a member of the College of Physicians in London. Drawn by C. Jansen and engraved by W. C. Edwards.
Published by John Murray, Albemarle Street.
Portrait of Julius Casserius. He is surrounded by an ornate border with a different angel in each corner. He is shown dissecting what appears to be a hand. Text in Latin.
Portrait of Hoppius wearing a cap, with pillars covered with ivy on either side, and copius text in both Latin and German. By Christoph Spetner, engraved by Johann Durr.