Talairach rectilinear stereotactic system. France 1949. This rectilinear orthogonial instrument consisted of a heavy frame and fixation pins. Two lateral grids for alignment of the x-ray beam were placed at a distance from the frame to reduce...
Duke University School of Medicine New Students, October 1949: Adams, R.H., Jr.; Appen, R.C.; Ayerst, R.I.; Bacos, J.M.; Baer, B.L.; Bell, W.R.; Berlin, M.; Berry, J.N.; Blackard, E.H., Jr.; Bondurant, S., Jr.; Boren, R.B., III; Brice, G.W., Jr.;...
Bookplate: Young girl with a flower in her right hand sits on a grassy hillside. Against a mountain backdrop two children carry an oversized crutch. An arch of roses frames the scene with a serpent and bowl on the right and an owl and books below.
Portrait of a priest in clerical garb with his right hand on a cross. A landscape is shown in the foreground. The name "S. V. Voitech" appears on the cleric's headdress.
Picture by Lossilla of a skeleton smoking a cigarette, looking at a microscope, with an open book and a quill pen next to him. Caption: "La muerte por la ciencia."
Landscape portrait of a woman lying under a tree reading a book. An owl and a medical implement are shown in the left and right corners, respectively. Drawn by Amalia de Escauriaza. Text in Latin.
Picture of an angel in a circle holding a wine glass (above) and a picture of a city (below). Stars are shown in the plate also. Drawn by Elfriede Weidenhaus. Text in German.
Pubsliher: Stuttgart: Wagenburg Strasse
Fred Schmidt (Duke ‘44), an intern from Plainfield, New Jersey, standing in the Duke University Hospital Library and looking at a volume by Ambroise Pare.
Picture of two angels holding an inner diamond showing a portal. Text in Spanish. Drawn by R. Abad. The number "101" is shown at the bottom of the sheet.
Picture by R. Abad of wheat growing out of a heart, with a fancy border. Banner reads: "Moriatur ne moriatur." Name at bottom Dr. Adolfo Ma. Gomez Ruiz.
Bookplate: Physician examines with a stethoscope the chest of a young woman reclining in bed; another young woman stands next to her with great concern.
Bookplate: Seated Eastern male in ethnic dress in a medallion around which is motto: Labeur est mon desduyt. Below two tapeworms form a holder enclosing a mosquito on a pin.
Bookplate: Bearded scholar reading in a grape arbor supported by doric columns. Foxglove growing at left. Greek inscription on cross beam [Proverbs 8:21].
Bookplate: Winged Caduceus with two serpents inside an oval wreath, flanked by books. An oak branch with acorns is laid across a third book lying beneath the wreath.
Bookplate: Naked male infant standing atop a pillar urinating into a test tube attached by a clamp to a stand. Around the stand and test tube is wound a snake.
Bookplate: A gowned trio works in an operating room. Behind them is a profile of a head of a large skeleton, inside of which is a seated woman pointing to a location in the brain.
Bookplate: Framed by an elaborate cartouche, a serpent is wound around a heart to form a caduceus. Below the cartouche is a circle divided into equal quarters; in each section is either an animal or a barrel.
Bookplate: Within a triangle a man kneels before a fire emerging from a burning skull. Around the perimeter is a serpent, medical instruments, and "Mein Buch von der Lichte."
Portrait with autograph on cover of program and menu of farewell dinner for Dr. and Mrs. Sigerist, The Plaza Hotel, New York, 9 May 1947.
Publisher: New York: Plaza Hotel.
Reading room of Duke University Hospital Library located in Duke South. A member of the library staff is seated at a desk in the lower left. The room reflects renovations made possible by Dr. Hanes and the Chatham family.
Photograph of Erik Waller age 73 standing with an open book in his hands before a bookcase filled with books covering the wall behind him. Dr. Waller bequeathed his library on the history of medicine and science to the Library of the Royal...
Bookplate: An elderly man in a long coat examines the tongue of a mask. A table with instruments and books is to his right. Curieux es Arts. Artiste es Cures.
Picture of a nude woman standing in front of a glass bottle. Text at bottom "Ancora Chimica Sempre." Initialed by artist Ethel Vincenti Ferrario. For G. Balbi.
Bookplate: A woman rests her left hand on the trunk of a conifer as she tilts her head back to look straight up into the branches. Her right hand is cupped at her right ear. Several birds are visible.
Bookplate: A nude woman kneels holding onto the staff of Aesculapius with a serpent. She wraps her billowing cloak around a young boy with his arm in a sling.
Bookplate: A woman is seated in a large armchair holding a child on her lap. The doctor in a white coat leans forward and looks in the child's mouth. A desk lamp with a caduceus base illuminates an open book in the foreground and a book case...
Bookplate: A surgeon operates in the background. The grim reaper is in the foreground. A book is open to an image of a snake curled around a chalice to form a caduceus.
Bookplate: Physician in robes holds in his left hand a large urine flask for a crowd of four men to examine. One man is on crutches with a bandaged right leg.