A woman and a bearded man attending a sick patient. On each side of the image is a caduceus. The insignias for McGill University, the University of Pennsylvania, Oxford, and Johns Hopkins are seen in the four corners. At the bottom reads Purchased through the William Osler Testimonial Fund for the Advancement of Medicine.
Subject (Name):
Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Caduceus, Libraries, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, Medical colleges, Physicians, Shield, Snakes, Storks, Sun, and Surgeons
Library of the New Haven Hospital New Haven Hospital Yale University. School of Medicine
Published / Created:
approximately late 19th century
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A caduceus inside a circle, with the phrase Deo Adjuvante below. The phrase Nosocomium Generale Reipublicæ Connecticutensis encircles the image. Below, in the space labeled "Gift of", it is signed with the name 'J. K. Thacher, M.D.'
Subject (Name):
New Haven Hospital
Subject (Topic):
Caduceus, Hospitals, Libraries, and New Haven Hospital
Ornate scrolls surround this rectangular bookplate. At the top is a seal containing two women leaning on a shield with a ribbon saying Philadelphia Maneto. Under the seal: "Instituted 1849". Below there is a caduceus on either side of the word "Library". At the bottom: "Presented by", with space in which to write. On the bottom portion to the left is a section marked "Class", where "929.1" is written in ink. Next is a section marked "No.", and written in ink after is "C 67".
Library of the University of California Los Angeles
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A red circular emblem with an open book in the middle, and the initials "AC" and "AD" over the pages. Surrounding this are the words "Understanding", "Information", "Progress", and "Medicina". Beneath is a dedication, which reads "From the collections of rare medical books given by Dr. and Mrs. John A Benjamin in honor of Bennet M. Allen and Boris Krichesky, 1962".
Subject (Name):
Allen, Bennet, b. 1736 or 7, Krichesky, Boris, Library of the University of California, Los Angeles, and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, Libraries, and University of California, Los Angeles. Library
A coat of arms divided into quadrants. In the left upper quadrant, there are two fleurs-de-lis beneath a small crescent; the quadrant below features one large fleur-de-lis. In the upper right, there is a cross to the left; three roundels and a lion above three waved lines to the right. Beneath this, the same design is reversed. The shield is surrounded by flora, and a motto above reads Nil Conscire Sibi.
Fantastical depiction of advancing technology that includes all manner of steam-powered or aerial contraptions, domestic appliances, tunnels to the North Pole and South America, and a circulating library
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Approximate date of publication based on that assigned to the companion print. See no. 15779 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 11., Imprint continues: ... where political and other caricatues are daily pub. ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Mounted on old album paper. Manuscript date "1828" in ink following title.
