An oval-shaped engraving of the plate owner, with George W. Mears, M.D. Memorial Medical Library Founded A.D. 1900 surrounding the image. Below is the motto Justum et Tenacem Propositi Virum.
Subject (Name):
Fineken, James M. and Mears, George W.
Subject (Topic):
Medical colleges, Medical historians, Medical libraries, and Portraits
A color reproduction of a surgical scene by Hans von Gersdorff, 1551. A surgeon operating on the head of a patient. Trent gave his collection to Duke University upon his death.
A coat of arms with a light-colored Star of David against a dark field. At the center of the Star is a buck. At the crest is a lion sporting a crown and two stone tablets beneath his right paw.
Subject (Name):
Kisch, Bruno, 1890-1966 and Kisch, Ruth
Subject (Topic):
Lion, Medical historians, Physicians, Shield, and Star
At the top center can be seen the image of a keystone, and a globe and flaming lamp within. Surrounding the keystone, on a ribbon, is the phrase Library of the University of Pennsylvania.
Subject (Name):
Agnew, Hulbert and Agnew, D. Hayes (David Hayes), 1818-1892
Subject (Topic):
Globe, Medical colleges, Medical historians, Medical libraries, Physicians, and Sword
A border, the top consisting of small, nude, human-like creatures performing an autopsy on a larger human. Beneath the title text are various potted plants, laboratory artifacts, and a caduceus. approximately 1775, Newburyport, Mass.
Subject (Name):
Swett, John, 1830-1913
Subject (Topic):
Birds, Caduceus, Candles, Chemical apparatus, Children, Medical historians, and Nature