MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Bust of George Bacon Wood
Description:
Dimension:H:27.500in W:17.000in D:11.000in
Creator:
Stauch, Edward, attributed
Abstract:
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Life-sized white marble bust of a man dressed in high collared shirt and coat with fur collar. The bust has an incorporated rectangular pedestal.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Portrait of Elisha Kent Kane
Description:
Dimension:H:40.750in W:35.625in Framed
Creator:
Lambdin, James Reid
Abstract:
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Extended bust-length portrait with body turned slightly to the right, in front of a brown background. The subject has black hair, a black beard and moustache, brown eyes, and a rosy complexion. He wears a dark blue Navy uniform with six brass buttons, epaulettes, and a black cravat. Unsigned and undated.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Portrait of Benjamin Rush
Description:
Dimension:H:61.000in W:51.000in Framed
Abstract:
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Three-quarter length portrait of a seated figure with body turned to the left, in front of an unfinished brown and tan background. The figure holds his head in his left hand and his right hand holds the pages of an open book. He has white, receding hair, brown eyes, and a rosy complexion. He wears a black coat with a white collar and bow, open at the throat. A pair of spectacles rests on his forehead. The figure is seated in a wooden armchair and in the lower left corner, against the chair, are three books and a portfolio, resting on a table. Unsigned and undated.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Portrait of Caspar Wistar
Description:
Dimension:H:37.375in W:32.375in Framed
Contributor:
Otis, Bass, after
Abstract:
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Bust-length portrait with body turned slight to to the left and head facing forward, in front of brown, shaded background. Subject has shoulder-length, gray hair and brown eyes. He is wearing a dark-green coat with a white neckcollar. Unsigned and undated on front.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Engraving with Portrait of John Fothergill
Description:
Dimension:H:7.750in W:5.625in
Abstract:
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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.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Portrait of John Lawrence Le Conte
Description:
Dimension:H:38.250in W:32.500in Framed
Abstract:
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Half-length seated figure, shown in profile against a tan and brown background. The sitter wears a black suit and waistcoat, a white shirt, a maroon tie run through a ring, and a gold watch chain. Signed: "H. Ulke" in lower right corner.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Portrait of William Williams Keen
Description:
Dimension:H:61.000in W:52.000in Framed
Creator:
Vonnoh, Robert William
Abstract:
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Three-quarter-length seated figure, right hand grasping chair arm, left elbow leaning on chair arm, left hand holding tassled mortar board in lap. The sitter wears a black suit and white collared shirt under scarlet academic robes. In his lapel is a red rosette. Behind the figure is the back of an armchair with red-brown upholstery (perhaps leather) and wooden arms. On the right margin is a bust of Benjamin Franklin on a brown pedestal. Signed: "Robt. Vonnoh 1912-c-" lower left corner.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Portrait of Nathaniel Chapman
Description:
Dimension:H:39.000in W:36.000in Framed
Creator:
Waugh, Samuel Bell
Abstract:
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Half-length seated figure, turned left. He wears a black coat and waistcoat, and a white collar, neckcloth and ruffle, with gold spectacles pushed back onto forehead. Black-brown background.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Head of George Washington Corner
Description:
Dimension:H:18.750in W:7.000in D:11.000in Without base: 14.25 x 7 x 11
Base: 4.5
Abstract:
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Bronze head and neck of sitter, turned slightly to left. Hollow cast, bolted to a black, rectangular, stone base. The bronze has a reddish-brown patina. Inscribed on collar at verso: "Joy Buba 75."
ANALYTIC
Title:
Pioneers of pediatrics. II
Parent:
Medical Life, n.s., no.179
Creator:
Levinson, A. (Abraham), 1888-1955
Publication:
New York, 1935.
Call #:
610.9 M465 NO.179
Extent:
p.[385]-420, 441 : ports. ; octavo.
BOOK
Title:
Johann David Schoept (1752-1800): A German physician as a botanist and zoologist in North America
Creator:
Müller-Jahncke, Wolf-Dieter.
Notes:
Reprinted from Pharmacy in history, v.20, no.2.
Extent:
p.43-64 : illus., facsims. ; 23 cm.
BOOK
Title:
American doctors and the Parisian medical world, 1830-1840
Creator:
Jones, Russell M. (Russell Moseley), 1927-
Publication:
Baltimore, 1973.
Call #:
610.9 B87 V.47, NOS.1, 2
Extent:
2 pts. ; 25 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Annual oration delivered before the Philadelphia Medical Society: by appointment, at the opening of its session of 1844-5
Creators:
Condie, D. Francis (David Francis), 1796-1875 | Philadelphia Medical Society
Publication:
King and Baird, printers, Philadelphia, 1845.
ANALYTIC
Title:
American doctors in Paris, 1820-1861: a statistical profile
Parent:
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, v.25, no.2
Creator:
Jones, Russell M. (Russell Moseley), 1927-
Publication:
New Haven, 1970.
Call #:
509 J82 V.25, NO.2
Extent:
p.143-157 ; ocatvo.
BOOK
Title:
Dutch medicine: a global influence; an historical sketch
Publication:
The Annual Meeting of the Dutch Colonial Society of Delaware, Greenville, Del.], 1972.
Extent:
13 p. ; 27 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
De Utrechtse Universiteit en de geneeskunde, 1636-1900
Creator:
Doesschate, G. ten.
Publication:
B. de Graaf, Nieuwkoop, 1963.
Notes:
English summary: p.170-174.
Extent:
180 p. : illus., ports. ; octavo.
IMAGE
Title:
Walter Reed in uniform, half length, 3/4 profile, standing, formal portrait
Extent:
1 photographic print gelatin silver prints, b x w image 25.5 x 20 cm.