Curator of the Trent Collection, G.S.T. Cavanagh, and Assistant Curator, Susan Carlton Smith Cavanagh, in the Library's Medical Garden with a book from the Trent Collection. The idea for a garden was first suggested by Susan, who also worked as a...
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...
Card catalog of the Trent Collection in Medical History outside the door of the Trent Room in the Duke University Hospital Library. A photograph of Dr. Josiah Trent hangs above the catalog.
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.
Chinese ivory anatomical manikin which was used by upper class women to indicate to their physician the site of their problem. The top-knot from her hair has been removed to reveal a stopper.