A coat of arms printed in red, with the phrase Mare Ditat. Throughout the bookplate, starting from the top, is handwritten text, in black ink, which reads 9" 26" '64 Cantab. [Thomas Waterman] Jr. Medical Student Harvard College Cambridge, Mass.
Subject (Name):
Waterman, Thomas
Subject (Topic):
Armorial bookplates, Medical colleges, Shield, and Students
At the bottom, there is a space labeled "No." with lines in which to write. The Medical Institution of Yale College transferred its library to the main college library in 1865, where it was kept in a separate collection called the Yale Medical College Library.
Subject (Name):
Yale Medical Library
Subject (Topic):
Medical colleges, Medical libraries, Text, and Yale Medical Library
At center, there is a quill pen and a stack of paper, a drawing with the initials H. C., and an open book showing the text "Meningioma Pituitary". A brain on a staff is on the left hand side of the plate, and a caduceus on the right. Beneath is a space to write the name of the deceased to which the book is in memoriam.
Subject (Name):
Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939, Harvey Cushing Society, and Yale Medical Library
Subject (Topic):
Books, Caduceus, Medical colleges, Medical libraries, Pens, and Yale University--Societies, etc.