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, are two lines in which to write.
Subject (Name):
Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939 and Yale School of Medicine
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.