Ex Libris, Medicis, Harvey Cushing, Yale Medical Library. Bequest of 1939

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Title: Ex Libris, Medicis, Harvey Cushing, Yale Medical Library. Bequest of 1939
Creator: Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939
Yale University. School of Medicine
Contributor: Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939
Yale School of Medicine
Published / Created: 1939
Publication Place: United States
Description: The Cushing family coat of arms (with the phrase Virtute et Numine is at the top-left corner of border wrapped in leaves and ribbon, with the initials of family members who have gone on to become doctors, and the dates of their degrees or beginning of practice. At top center is a skull with a snake wrapped around it. At the bottom is a caduceus. Inside the image, at bottom center, is the signature of Harvey Cushing. Beneath the image is the text "Yale Medical Library Bequest of 1939."
Extent: 8 cm x 6.2 cm
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Bookplates
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Name): Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939
Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic): Libraries
Nature
Neurosurgeons
Skull
Snakes
Yale Medical Library

Access: Public
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