In a small oval, a male deer struck with an arrow, and a bearded man holding a caduceus standing nearby. The phrase Natura Duce is above, and Incorporated November 1781 and Ex Dono are beneath. Ref.: Allen 563
Subject (Name):
Massachusetts Medical Society
Subject (Topic):
Caduceus, Massachusetts Medical Society, Medical societies, and Nature
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
Featured within a leafy frame is a scene of a mountain beneath a partly sunny sky and additionally framed by a pine tree. In the forefront below are several books, a microscope, and a skull. Above the entire image is the motto √úber allen Gipseln ist Ruh.
Surrounding the title text is a border consisting namely of flowers, vines, and a lone, open book. Beneath the title text is a list of names that include Elias Hudson Bartley, Herman Philip Bender, William Browning, William Frederick Dudley, Henry Arnold Fairbairn, Jacob Fuhs, Albert Martin Judd, David Fletcher Lucas, George MacNaughton, Lewis Stephen Pilcher, Frank Eliot West, Walter Childs Woods.
A shield with a chequy Or and Sable bordure surrounding a sable field divided by an Or fess with two Or lozenges (each with a sable roundel in the center) above, and an additional beneath. At the helm, atop a torse, are three heads of wheat. Beneath the shield, upon a banner, is the motto Sapiens Qui Assiduus..
At the top center is a caduceus, with a pair of cherubs from the upper corners of the plate blowing at the clouds below. Beneath is a scene with mountains and a body of water in the center. In the foreground is a locomotive is pulling a rail car. Below this can be seen a shelf with books and a pair of wings in the center.
Subject (Name):
Ordway, William Herbert, Jr., 1889-
Subject (Topic):
Books, Caduceus, Mountains, Nature, Physicians, Shield, Snakes, Train, Trains, and Yale Medical Library
At the center of the plate, framed by a striped border, is a view of some distant mountains reflected in a large body of water, with a partly cloudy sky above. In the lower center is a locomotive pulling a single rail car with "W. & J. R. R." on its side. Beneath the tracks are several books flanking a pair of wings atop a torse. In the upper corners of the image border are two cherubs depicting the wind; at center is a caduceus. On both left and right-hand sides, at center, are two rabbits each dressed up and protruding from a top hat, brandishing a magic wand. At the bottom is a banner with the title text. The initials "W. H. C." can be seen in the lower right-hand corner.
Subject (Name):
Ordway, William Herbert, Jr., 1889-
Subject (Topic):
Books, Caduceus, Mountains, Nature, Physicians, Trains, and Yale Medical Library
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.