Founders of the Medical Historical Library
Item set
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Gart der Gesundheit. [Garden of Health]
Also known as Hortus sanitatis, this incunabula herbal was purchased by Harvey Cushing in 1934. -
Harvey Cushing bookplate
This is the smaller version of a larger bookplate that Cushing had designed in 1895. -
Paraphrasis, in nonum librum Rhazae [Paraphrase of the Ninth Book of Rhazes]... autore Andrea Wesalio Bruxellensi Medicinae candidato.
This is the first edition of Veslius’s first book, written when he was 23, a paraphrase of the ninth-century Arab physician Rhazes. -
De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. [On the Fabric of the Human Body]
This copy of the first edition of Vesalius’s celebrated masterpiece was given to Harvey Cushing by William Osler in 1903. -
Harvey Cushing, M.D., 1869-1939
Photograph taken in Cushing's office in New Haven Hospital. -
The Associates of Yale Medical Library
This brochure announces the founding of the Library Associates, a friends group that continues to provide support to the Medical Library, including the Historical Library. -
Rotunda of the Yale Medical Library
On exhibit were the works of medical illustrators. -
Bookplate of the tripartite clover leaf of the Yale Medical Library and Historical Library, symbolizing the coming together of the Cushing, Fulton, and Klebs collections.
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Details concerning the seal, fireplace, railings and plan of the Yale Medical Library.
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Dedication Program of the Yale Medical Library
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Letter from Harvey Cushing to Arnold Klebs
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Medical Historical Library, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT.