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Creator:: Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596
Mercator, Michael
Published / Created:: [1589]
Call Number:: Taylor 15
Image Count:: 5
Resource Type:: Maps, Atlases & Globes
Description:: One of the medals without the cartouche bearing the engravers name: Micha. Merca.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Silver map of the world showing the track of Sir Francis Drakes circumnavigation engraved or struck on a flat silver disc by Michael Mercator]

Published / Created:: [20th century]
Call Number:: Ethiopic MSS 26
Image Count:: 3
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Ff. 1r-122r. Psalter, Dawit, ዳዊት: Ff. 1r–109v: Psalms of David, መዝሙር ዘዳዊት; Psalm 77 does not mark the midpoint; Psalm 119 identifies the spiritual meaning of the Hebrew letters with the simple modern system; Psalm 151 contains the short version; ff. 1...
Description:: Accompanied by ceremonial horsehair whisk.
Subject (Topic):: Bible.--Psalms.--Geʻez. and Ethiopic manuscripts.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Psalter].

Published / Created:: [18th century]
Call Number:: Ethiopic MSS 30
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Ff. 1r–28v: Ordinary of the mass, beginning with Morning Prayer of the Covenant, with musical notation; ff. 28v–37v: Anaphora of the Apostles, ቅዳሴ ሐዋርያት, with musical notation; ff. 38r–39v: Anaphora of Gregory Nazanzia, ጎርጎርዮስ: ዘእንዚናዙ; ff. 41r–43r: An...
Description:: 1721–1726 (f. 1r mentions the 7,221st year of creation [=1721], and “the month of February (Yakatit) ... in the time of our King, Bakafa [1721–1730]; f. 19v mentions Abba Petros = Peter VI, 1718–1726, and Abba Krestodolu III, 1720–1735; the overlap be...
Subject (Topic):: Ethiopic manuscripts. and Missals--Ethiopia.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Missal].

Published / Created:: 18th century
Call Number:: GEN MSS 1391
Image Count:: 1
Description:: One lock of British Army Major John André's hair mounted in a frame by an unidentified former owner. Accompanied by an autograph note, signed, by Thomas Stoughton certifying that the hair was removed from André's body by British consul James Buchana...
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Lock of Major John André's hair].

Creator:: Carl Zeiss
Harrison, Ross G. (Ross Granville), 1870-1959
Published / Created:: late 19th century
Collection Title:: Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:: Box 006
Image Count:: 3
Alternative Title:: Camera Lucida
Description:: A camera lucida housed in a leather covered wooden box.
Subject (Name):: Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):: Drawing Instruments
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Zeichenapparat Nach Abbe

Creator:: Streeter, Edward Clark (1874-1947)
Published / Created:: ca. early-mid 20th century
Collection Title:: Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:: Box 027
Image Count:: 1
Description:: World War One-era surgical dressings, including three packets of 'First Field Dressing', a spool of cotton binding, and a wrapped package of senna root.
Subject (Name):: Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):: Surgical Dressings and World War One, 1914-1918
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > World War One-era Surgical Dressings

Collection Title:: Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:: Box 089
Image Count:: 1
Description:: A hand carved decorative plaque with rosettes and intertwined loops. Metal ornaments adourn the center of each rosette. The origin, age, and purpose of this piece isn't exactly known.
Subject (Name):: Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):: Decorative arts
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Wooden Plaque

Creator:: Fitzgerald Manufacturing Company
Published / Created:: early 20th century
Collection Title:: Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:: Box 006
Image Count:: 2
Alternative Title:: Electrotherapy Apparatus
Description:: A violet ray vibrating therapeutic device, housed in a leather-covered case.
Subject (Name):: Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):: Alternative Medicines and Electrotherapy
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Violet Ray Electrotherapy Device

Creator:: Otto and Reynders
Published / Created:: early 19th century
Collection Title:: Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:: Box 087
Image Count:: 2
Alternative Title:: Wooden Handled Half Forcep
Description:: A vectis, looking much like a wooden handled half forceps. This was used to redirect the fetus to the vertex position.
Subject (Name):: Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):: Obstetrics
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Vectis

Creator:: E. L. Washburn and Company
Eliot, Gustavus, MD (Yale, A.B. 1877)
Forbes, Mrs. William A.
Collection Title:: Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:: Box 090
Image Count:: 1
Alternative Title:: Urethral Sounds
Description:: Housed in a wooden tray lined with velvet is a set of eight Van Buren-style urethral sounds, labeled with French, American, and English sizes.
Subject (Name):: Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):: Urology
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Van Buren-style Urethral Sounds