Portrait of Karl Harko von Noorden. The number "1609" appears in the bottom right hand corner of the sheet. Facsimile signature: "Carl von Noorden."
Publisher: Berlin-Charlottenburg: Adolf Eckstein's Verlag.
Photograph of Morris Fishbein. This photograph was taken on occasion of the announcement that Dr. Fishbein had been added to the editorial staff of Postgraduate Medicine.
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Portrait of John C. Warren, Professor of Anatomy and Surgery in Harvard University from 1806 to 1846. Engraved by H. W. Smith from a Dage. by Whipple. Facsimile signature.
A young Dr. Trent. Manuscript note on verso: “Interviewed by Dr. Thorpe, Dec. 20th, 1933 at Dean’s office, Univ. Penna. Med. School, Phila. Hyman I. Goldstein, M.D. Camden 4, N. J.”
An obese French surgeon-major in full dress uniform struts through the hospital ward oblivious to the impact his appearance has on the health of his sick men. Drawn and lithographed by Draner and printed by Becquet, Paris. The number "55" is shown...
Portrait of Vincenz Preissnitz. He is surrounded by a circular border showing trees, several angels, and other scenes. Drawn from life by Ruprecht and printed by Johann Hofelich. Facsimile signature. The number "840" appears at the lower left.
Scene showing Florence Nightingale visiting a hospital. A number of men are present around her. Bas-relief on the pedestal. From the collection of Howard A. Kelly, M.D., No. 52.
Photograph of Karl Frederik Wenckebach, who discovered an arrhythmia of the heart known today as the Wenckebach period. "Triangle Volume VI No. 8 July 1964" appears at the head of the sheet.
Photograph of Florence Nightingale's Bequests to The Royal United Service Institution, London. The display shows medals, jewelry, and other objects that were bestowed on Miss Nightingale in her lifetime. From the collection of Howard A. Kelly,...
Photograph of last statue to be erected in London showing Miss Nightingale holding a lamp. From the collection of Howard A. Kelly, No. 25.
Published in London.
Picture of Haak with his hand resting on a table, next to a scarificator. Drawn by S. Harding, engraved by E. Harding. From an original picture in the Bodleian Gallery, Oxford. Published 1 Oct. 1796 by S. & E. Harding Pall aAll.
Portrait of Stecher, wearing a pinstripe suit. Presentation inscription: "To my old friend Henry Schuman with kindest regards Robert W. Stecher November 8 1957." Photographed by W. P. Bruning.
Photograph of Florence Nightingale. Manuscript note underneath: "About aet. 30, i. e., see Cook's Life vol. I p. 394." From the collection of Howard A. Kelly, M.D., No. 23.
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.
Photograph of Thomas R. Boggs, Chief of Medicine at Baltimore City Hospitals. Note on verso indicates that Dr. Boggs was one of Osler’s staff at Johns Hopkins. Presentation inscription: “To my young colleague, Wiley D. Forbus, with sincere...
Portrait of Ure looking straight ahead with his body turned slightly to the right. Engraved by R. Roffe from an original painting by Daniel McNee, for the Mechanics Magazine vol. XXVII. Published Dec. 1st 1837 by W. A. Robertson, Peterborough...
Portrait of Benjamin Rush sitting at a desk. Engraved by R. W. Dodson from a painting by T. Sully in possession of Richard Bush Esqr. Facsimile signature.
Leake writing with a pencil, looking at his writing rather than at the camera. Presentation inscription: "For Henry Schuman, God bless him, the most erudite, generous and genial of all book and cheese lovers! Ides of March-for which no fear! 1943...
Portrait of Albert John Ochsner wearing glasses, in three-quarters right profile. Photographed by Adolf Eckstein. Facsimile signature.
Publisher: Berlin-Charlottenburg.
Portrait of Paul Ehrlich in his laboratory. He appears to have been the first to appreciate the importance of megaloblastosis in primary anemias. Painted by Homer Hill.
Picture of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. Included in foreground are a book, a cup and a pair of scissors. The border includes columns with ivy, butterflies, and flowers. Text in Latin.
Portrait of William Osler from the lithograph by George Black. Osler is seated in a chair with his right elbow on a table. Signature: “Sincerely yours Wm Osler.”
Hand colored diagram of the arterial system in a Persian treatise on anatomy by Mansur ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad. This is a seventeenth century copy of a late fourteenth century manuscript.
Oil portrait of Valentine Mott, M.D. who was a pioneer vascular surgeon famous for ligation of great vessels for aneurysm. He was considered the leading American surgeon of the first half of the nineteenth century.
Picture showing the bust of a man's head surrounded by a circular border with a shelf of books and other objects below. A caduceus is shown at the top of the sheet. Presented by the Dental Class of 1939. Drawn by Leslie Victor Smith.
Picture of a hand holding a banner reading "'Knowledge is power' - Bacon." Numbered 55. At top "Medical and scientific library." For G. I. Fisher, A.M., M.D. By C. Ulrich.
Moses holding the Ten Commandments looks down on a panorama of modern Israel. A caduceus is placed in the lower right corner. Text in Latin and Hebrew.
Picture of a bust of Hipocrates, with children putting laurels and flowers on it. Books, cats, and a man's head below. Caption at top "Vitam impendere vero". By Alexander Coll for Dr. Enrique Saez.
Picture of a Spanish knight, holding a shield with the banner "Festina Lente" and with another banner overhead saying "Bibliografia Rodrimarinsta." Name at bottom: Dr. Castillo de Lucas.
Portrait of a skull with monkeys in both eyes and nose. Text: "Hear no evil, See no evil, speak no evil." Books represent the teeth. A man holding a rod and a hooked fish is also shown.
Bookplate with no picture. Text "Medical subscription library - This book may be kept 10 days exclusive of the day taken out - Hull General Infirmary."