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Dimension:D:0.750in Dia:2.500in measurements for wooden container
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Round wooden container with red wax seal with Caduceus symbol in center. Around perimeter: "Societas chirurgi civita." Two greenish ribbons are attached to both sides of the seal. Tape with "1958 2229 me" on reverse.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Dimension:H:8.500in W:7.125in D:5.250in
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Plaster cast of skull housed in original wooden box with scraps of paper and handwritten note: "A celebre American Philosophical Society a Philadelphia de Prof. Joseph de Lenhosseky Budapest, 1879 31 Marz." Jawbone not included.
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Transparency, Lantern-slide
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Portrait of William Welch
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Dimension:H:7.000in W:5.000in
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Glass color transparency of William Welch seated outdoors in a chair. Presented with the papers of Simon Flexner (APS Library).
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Dimension:D:0.250in Dia:3.250in Framed: 5.5 x 5.5
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Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of "CLAUDE BERNARD" Signed "A. BORREL" at lower left.
Reverse: "Né à St. Julien (Rhône), le XII juillet MDCCCXIII, mort à Paris le X février MDCCCLXXVIII" along perimeter. "Membre de l'Académie Française, de l'Académie des sciences. Professeur au Collège de France, au Muséum. Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur" in center, surrounded by laurel wreath tied in bow at bottom.
Presented to the APS along with the papers of Peyton Rous (APS Library).
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Engraving with Portrait of John Fothergill
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Dimension:H:7.750in W:5.625in
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Oval, frontal portrait bust of John Fothergill in center with "JOHN FOTHERGILL. MD.F.R.S." outside bottom perimeter. Signed "Rd. Livesay pincr" and "F. Bartolozzi sculp" along bottom perimeter. At bottom in script: "Cui suas artes, sua dona laetus Et herbam et Venae salientis ictum Scire concessit, celerem et medendi Delius usum." "From a Bust in the Possession of Dr. Lettsom" at bottom. In gilt, wooden frame under glass.
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Portrait of Francis Xavier Dercum
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Dimension:H:46.125in W:38.313in Framed
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Half-length figure seated in armchair, head and body leaning forward, both hands showing; head bald with white hair at back, white moustache; blue eyes and rosy complexion. Suit and waistcoat are dull blue, waistcoat piped in white. Collar and shirt are white and cravat is red.
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Portrait of Isaac Minis Hays
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Dimension:H:51.000in W:44.500in Framed
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Three-quarter-length seated figure, body turned right with three-quarter view of face. Left hand placed on arm of chair; right hand holds edge of page from a book on table next to the sitter. Bald head, white hair at back; beard and moustache. Black suit, waistcoat and cravat, white collar. Also on table are three glass containers with quill pens. Inscribed at top: "Lazar Raditz / 1917".