At the center of the bookplate, seven distinguished individuals are featured, with a laurel wreath surrounding the portrait. A caduceus and a quill pen intersect with each other in the background. Beneath the image is an open book; above is the motto Vita humana est sacra.
Subject (Name):
Zakon, Samuel J.
Subject (Topic):
Books, Pens, Physicians, Portraits, Snakes, and Sword
A Greek fret borders this bookplate that depicts a large, open room at the top, and a sacred flame upon an altar at center. The lower third contains text, which reads: "The Book Destroyed Architecture." "All mankind are on the scaffolding, every mind is a mason. The humblest stops up his hole or lays his stone. Every day a fresh course is laid." --Victor Hugo "Keep bright the sacred fire of education my children!" --Samuel W. French A.B.-M.D.
A scene of a man fishing in a stream. At top is the Yale insignia with 1919 beneath it. Trees make up the border of the image, and at the bottom center a caduceus, rifle, and fishing gear can be seen. Samuel W. Lambert graduated from Yale College in 1919 and received his M.D. from Columbia University in 1923.
Subject (Name):
Lambert, Samuel W, Jr. and Yale School of Medicine
A man leaning over a child who appears dead and a woman standing weeping on the left. There is a shelf on the right holding a pitcher and a box, and a chest below with Hebrew characters written on it.
Subject (Name):
Radbill, Samuel X., 1901-1987 
Subject (Topic):
Bookplate collectors, Children, Medical colleges, Pediatricians, Physicians, and Woman
A skeleton and a stork each holding a cloth with a baby at center. A banner above, held up by two caducei, reads Non est Vivere, sed Valere, uta. Beneath the baby is Aesculapius standing on a stack of books.
A child with a naked woman pushing away a dark figure possibly depicting death. There is a fruit tree behind her. At the bottom are sketches of children in various stages of growth.
Subject (Name):
Radbill, Samuel X., 1901-1987 
Subject (Topic):
Bookplate collectors, Children, Medical colleges, Nature, Pediatricians, Physicians, and Woman
A shield with an argent field featuring several ermines and divided by a bend vert with three fleurs-de-lis. In the right party per bend are two heads of griffin; in the left part is just one head of griffin. At the helm is a knight's helmet backed by elaborate mantling that engulfs the entire shield. At the crest, atop a torse, is a buck passant with a smaller shield gules with eight sable squares. A decorative border of berries and leaves surrounds the plate.
Subject (Name):
Conant, William M. and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Heraldic bookplates, Physicians, and Shield
Above the title text are three books; two upright, and one in the middle, lying flat. Upon the middle book is a branch of oak leaves and acorns. Behind the books is a large oval-shaped wall hanging—a wreath of leaves surrounds this, and a large caduceus is featured within.
Subject (Name):
Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, Sharp, Ena, and Sharp, Jacob, 1893-
Subject (Topic):
Books, Caduceus, Medical libraries, Physicians, and Seal
A drawing of a man writing in a ledger while looking out of a window at a ship on the high seas. On the desk is a telephone, a globe, and some additional books. On either side of the image is a caduceus..
Subject (Name):
Bunts, Frank Emory, 1861-1928 and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Brain, Caduceus, Globes, Physicians, Scientific apparatus and instruments, and Ships