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Reproduction of a portrait drawing depicting Paracelsus.

VC209-i209045
Item
1540

Caption on the slide reads: "Paracelsus at 47 by an unknown artist."

Andreas Vesalius, "De humani corporis fabrica," title page.

VC185-i185014
Item
1543

Caption accompanying the print reads: "In this splendid woodcut the great Belgian anatomist lectures as he dissects. The size and rapt attention of his audience are not exaggerated. Vesalius reformed the study of human anatomy by replacing dogmatic belief in the inaccurate teachings of the past with a magnificent account of his own careful observations."

Andreas Vesalius, "De humani corporis fabrica," Plate 24.

VC185-i185015
Item
1543

Part of Medical History Illustrations

Caption accompanying the print reads: "This view shows the muscles as they appear after removal of skin and fascia. Such a figure, called an ecorche, was of interest to sculptors and artists as well as to medical students and doctors. An accompanying legend named the muscles identified by letters."

Andreas Vesalius, "De humani corporis fabrica," Plate 25.

VC185-i185016
Item
1543

Part of Medical History Illustrations

Caption accompanying the print reads: "Like the other 'muscle men,' this figure seems alive, emphasizing the interrelation of the structure and function. When these and successive pictures are placed side by side in order, the background is seen to be continuous. It is an actual region near Padua."

Reproduction of a portrait painting depicting Paracelsus by Jan Van Scorel.

VC209-i209032
Item
circa 1550

Part of Paracelsus Book Lithographs

Reproduction of a woodcut print depicting a portrait of Paracelsus by Augustin Hirschvogel.

VC209-i209029
Item
circa 1550

Part of Paracelsus Book Lithographs

Reproduction of a woodcut print depicting a Renaissance surgical scene from Paracelsus, "Opus chyrurgicum

VC209-i209011
Item
1565

Part of Paracelsus Book Lithographs

Reproduction of a woodcut print depicting Paracelsus.

VC209-i209043
Item
1567

Part of Paracelsus Book Lithographs

"The Apothecary," by Jost Amman.

VC185-i185003
Item
circa 1570

Part of Medical History Illustrations

Reproduction of a woodcut print depicting Einsiedeln, Switzerland.

VC209-i209067
Item
circa 1577

Part of Paracelsus Book Lithographs

Caption on the slide reads: "Einsiedeln - Teufelsbrueke & Paracelsushaus in Jahre 1577."

Reproduction of an etching or engraving depicting Einsiedeln, Switzerland.

VC209-i209069
Item
circa 1577

Part of Paracelsus Book Lithographs

Caption on the slide reads: "Einsiedeln in the year 1577."

"The Physician Curing Fantasy," by Mathaus Greuter.

VC185-i185012
Item
circa 1600

Part of Medical History Illustrations

Reproduction of a portrait drawing depicting Paracelsus by Wenceslaus Hollar.

VC209-i209031
Item
circa 1650

Part of Paracelsus Book Lithographs

"The quack," Jan Steen.

Part of Washington University School of Dental Medicine Photographs and Negatives

The photograph is mounted on a board. Included in a folder is a handwritten note that reads: "My father had this framed in his office for many years. I believe it portrays the early itinerant dentist - not too encouraging for others to step up and Lar Deir "acher" int!"

Nineteenth Century American Medical Schools Drawings

VC059
Collection
1765-1890

This collection consists of 5 reproductions of drawings depicting 19th century medical school buildings. The depicted medical schools are unidentified with the exception of the University of Pennsylvania, which is captioned as "the first medical school in America."

Gustavus Richard Brown lecture notes

PC147
Collection
1766-1768

The collection consists of 4 notebooks of lectures made by Gustavus R. Brown while a student at the University of Edinburgh in 1766-1768. There are four volumes in the collection: 1-2. Lectures on physiology by William Cullen, 1766-1767; 3. Cullen's practice [of physic] by William Cullen, and 4. Doctor Young on midwifery by Thomas Young, 1767-1768.

Brown, Gustave Richard

Lecture notes at the University of Edinburgh Medical School

PC147-S01
Series
1766-1768

Part of Gustavus Richard Brown lecture notes

This series consists of lecture notes made by Gustavus R. Brown while he attended the university of Edinburgh Medical School.

Lectures on physiology by William Cullen

PC147-V01
Volume
1766-1767

Part of Gustavus Richard Brown lecture notes

Lectures 2nd-LV, Nov 10, 1766-Feby 5th 1767.

Cullen, William, 1710-1790

Doctor Young's midwifery, Anno 1767 by Doctor Brown

PC147-V04
Volume
1767-1768

Part of Gustavus Richard Brown lecture notes

Lectures on physiology by William Cullen

PC147-V02
Volume
1767

Part of Gustavus Richard Brown lecture notes

Volume 2, Lectures on physiology LV-LVIII, Feby 6th 1767-Feby 26, 1767, is bound with two theses: Howard, E. De variolarum insitione, 1767 & Marten, T. De ascite, 1767. .

Cullen, William, 1710-1790

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