A light bulb at the top adds light to the center of the plate, where a pheasant and a few bare trees are in a hilly area. Beneath this is a rifle. Above the scene is the phrase One sees only what one looks for. A letter from Lawson to the Yale Medical Library, June 6, 1966, is attached.
Subject (Name):
Lawson, Robert, 1822- and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Hunting, Nature, Radiologists, and Yale Medical Library
The Charaka Club Yale University. School of Medicine
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A circular emblem with a sun-like object behind a snake. A phrase surrounding the emblem reads Aesculapius Panaceia Apollo Hyceia. This is centered amongst some grasses and leaves, with a goat to the left and a dog to the right. It sits upon a base with a bird at the bottom center. At the top of the plate is the profile of Charaka, a Hindu medicine man and priest. The Club published works on the History of Medicine.
John Crerar Library Chicago Yale University. School of Medicine
Published / Created:
1896
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A portrait of John Crerar within a beaded border at center. This is surrounded by leaves and grasses, as well as the phrase Great is the Gift that Bringeth Knowledge. Below the portrait, surrounded by books, is an open book with the quote "'Non est Mortuus qui Scientiam Vivificavit" --Ptolemæus".
Subject (Name):
Crerar, John, 1827-1889 and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, History of medicine, John Crerar Library., Medical colleges, Medical libraries, Nature, Portraits, and Scientists
A drawing of three men in tunics with books with a series of buildings in the background. At the bottom is the quote "'The True University is a Collection of Books', Carlyle." Cowgill's name and address are applied with a rubber stamp. Cowgill was a faculty member in physiological chemistry at Yale School of Medicine.
Subject (Name):
Cowgill, George R. and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Biochemists, Books, Buildings, Libraries, Medical colleges, Nature, and Yale University
