Within the upper right-hand corner of the border there is a space, "No. [Blank]" to indicate a number. Text within the rest of the box reads "The Property of Nathan Smith, Hanover, New-Hampshire."
At center, there is a quill pen and a stack of paper, a drawing with the initials H. C., and an open book showing the text "Meningioma Pituitary". A brain on a staff is on the left hand side of the plate, and a caduceus on the right. Beneath is a space to write the name of the deceased to which the book is in memoriam.
Subject (Name):
Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939, Harvey Cushing Society, and Yale Medical Library
Subject (Topic):
Books, Caduceus, Medical colleges, Medical libraries, Pens, and Yale University--Societies, etc.
The clover symbol of the "Trinitarians." The "F" refers to John F. Fulton. The "C" refers to Harvey Cushing. The "K" refers to Arnold C. Klebs. The symbol of the founding fathers of the Yale Historical Library. Three leaves on a stem. Originally designed by Arnold Klebs, who wrote: "...we ought to call it our trefoil solidarity and use as emblem the clover leaf ... and the inversely heart-shaped leaves ... are quite appropriate and nicely stamped on some of our beloved volumes..." (The Making of a Library, Yale University, 1959)
Subject (Name):
Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939, Fulton, John Farquhar, 1899-1960, Klebs, Arnold C. (Arnold Carl), 1870-1943, and Yale Medical Library
Subject (Topic):
Medical colleges, Medical libraries, Nature, Trinitarian symbol, Trinitarians-Yale University, Yale University. School of Medicine, and Yale University--Societies, etc.
