A number of pictures, including a microscope, foils, velocipede, house, easel, , an organ, and a skull atop a pile of books. From the top to the bottom there is text which reads He that borrows without return/shall in a warmer climate burn/Much study is a weariness of the flesh/And of making many books there is no end.
Subject (Name):
Scruton, A.
Subject (Topic):
Bicycle, Books, Buildings, Microscopes, Shield, and Skull
College of Physicians of Philadelphia Lewis, Samuel, M.D.
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Beneath the title text can be seen a butterfly on a skull, under which is the phrase Que sais-je? Below this is space labeled "Class" and "No.", and lines in which to write. Further below is the signature of Samuel Lewis, M.D., is a space labeled "Presented by", and room in which to write.
Subject (Name):
College of Physicians of Philadelphia and Lewis, Samuel
Subject (Topic):
John Frederick Lewis Collection (Free Library of Philadelphia), Medical libraries, and Skull
A shelf, on which is a skull and a microscope. In an oval surrounded by flora reads A wise physician, skilled our wounds to heal, Is more than armies to the public weal. Below the signature of the plate's owner, at center, is a caduceus and additional flowers.
Subject (Name):
Goodyear, Emil S. and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, Flowers, Microscopes, Nature, Physicians, Skull, Skulls, and Snakes
Leikind, Morris C. Yale University. School of Medicine
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
The Star of David, with six icons within each point. Starting clockwise from the top: the tablets representing the ten commandments, the symbol for nuclear energy, an open book, a skull, a microscope, and an ankh. This is surrounded by a circle, in which are the words Science, Philosophy, Medicine, and History.
Subject (Name):
Leikind, Morris C. (Morris Cecil), 1905- and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, History of medicine, Microcopes, Physicians, and Skull
A reproduction of Holbein's print The Physician. A dog is curled up on the floor, the doctor seated, as a skeleton walks into the room holding an Erlenmeyer flask, and leading along an older man.
Subject (Name):
Blumer, George, 1872-1962 and Yale School of Medicine
An open book by Gulielmi Harveii sits on a clothed table surrounded by more books, a skull, and some sheet music. The title page of the book reads "Guliemli Harveii/De Motu Gordis et Sanguinis/MDCXXVIII/Francofurti". Around the table are two seats that hold piles of books. There is a full bookshelf in the background. Above the image is the quote "Show me the books he loves and I shall know/The man far better than through mortal friends" --Dr. S. Weir Mitchell.
Subject (Name):
Radin, Herman Theodore, 1878-
Subject (Topic):
Books, Libraries, Medical colleges, Physicians, and Skull
A man draped in cloth is seated on a coat of arms. He wears a mortar board on his head and holds a caduceus. There is a ship on the left; a skull, and a few books and papers at his feet.
Subject (Name):
Bishop, Louis FaugeÃÄres, 1864-1941 and Yale School of Medicine