HSLS Exhibits

58 items

• Académie Royale De Médecine De Belgique Medal
  
  Iron. 1841. Signed. Lifetime. Issued on the occasion of founding the Academy. Obverse: Blank. Reverse: Within the wreath of laurel branches seven overlapping medallions in a circle, counterclockwise from top: bust to left, in a curve at left and right, AND. VESALE 1514; bust to left, in a curve at left, VERHEYEN 1648; bust to right, in a curve at left and right, VAN HELMONT 15 77; bust to right, in a curve at left and right, V.D. SPIEGHEL 15 78; bust to left, in a curve at left and right, R. DODONEE 1518; bust to left, in a curve at left and right, 1690 H. JOS. REGA; bust to right, in a curve at right, PALFYN 1650; each bust within a beaded circle; in center of the circle of medallions, a crown version of Belgium coat of arms (Belgian King’s crown and a shield with a Belgian rampant lion) ribbons with motto on each side, L'UNION FAIT [verb lacking] LA FORGE; around, in a curve from bottom left, ACADEMIE ROYALE DE MÉDECINE BELGIQUE, and at bottom in smaller letters facing inward, JOUVENEL F.
• Albrecht Von Haller Medal
  
  Bronze. France 1821. Signed. Posthumous. Obverse: Clothed bust to right, with short natural hair [not the customary peruke]; shirt collar open and turned back over coat collar; in a curve at left and right, ALBERTUS HALLER; below, CAQUE * F * Reverse: NATUS / BERNÆ / IN HELVETIA / AN. M.DCC.VIII. / OBIIT / AN.M.DCC.LXXVII. in six parallel lines; in exergue, SERIES NUMISMATICA / UNIVERSALIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM in two lines and below another mark, M DCCC XXI [1821], and below, in a curve DURAND EDIDIT.
• Andreas Vesalius Medal
  
  Bronze. Belgium 1848. Signed. Posthumous. Commemorating famous Belgian physician. Obverse: Clothed bust to left, wearing ornamented doublet; under truncation, JOUVENEL; in a curve at left to right, ANDRE VESALE NÉ EN 1514 MORT EN 1564 Reverse: On top, several books, among them one is open, upon it, DE CORPORIS / HUM. FABRICA / LIB. VII. BASIL / 1543. In field, in sixteen parallel lines, VESALE QUE BRUXELLES A VU NAITRE / FUT LE PÈRE DE L’ANATOMIE. / 1537, APRÈS AVOIR ÉTUDIÉ ET AVOIR / OBTENU LES PLUS BEAUX SUCCÈS A / MONTPELLIER, A PARIS, A LOUVAIN, A / PADOUE ET A VENISE, FUT CHARGÉ DE / PROFESSER L’ANATOMIE ET LA CHIRURGIE / A L’UNIVERSITÉ DE PADOUE ET CE FUT L’A / QU’IL COMPOSA SON MAGNIFIQUE / OUVRAGE SUR L’ANATOMIE DU CORPS / HUMAIN. PLUS, TARD AYANT QUITTÉ / LA COUR DE MADRID QUI LUI / ÉTAIT DEVENUE INSUPPORTABLE. / IL ALLA MOURIR A ZANTE / OU LES VENTS CONTRAIRES / L’AVAIENT JETÉ.
• Anthon Van Leeuwenhoek Plaquette
  
  Bronze. Netherlands 1932. Unsigned. Posthumous. Commemorative plaquette for the tricentennial of van Leeuwenhoek's birth by Jacob Jan van Goor. Obverse: Facing clothed bust with oval frame, wearing peruke, microscope screw in upper left field, instrument in upper right field; below, 1632-1932/ANTONI/VAN LEEWENHOEK Reverse: Blank
• Baron Spolasco Token
  
  Brass. England 1838. Unsigned. Lifetime. Trade token advertising his practice in Swansea. Obverse: Clothed bust three-quarters to left, with head facing, within a circle; in a curve above, THE BARON SPOLASCO M.D.&C.; and below, THE REAL FRIEND / OF THE AFFLICTED in two lines; the whole within a beaded circle. Reverse: In a field, THIS / EMINENT / PHYSICIAN'S / 5.000. RECENT / ASTOUNDING CURES / AND HIS NARRATIVE / OF THE KILLARNEY / IMMORTALIZE / HIS NAME in nine parallel lines; above, in a curve, JANʸ 22ᴰ 1838 [both 'Y' and 'D' underlined] and below the ornamental line, SWANSEA Sth WALES in a curve; the whole within a beaded circle.
• Benjamin Rush Medal
  
  Bronze. United States 1808. Signed. Lifetime. Honoring long serving United States Mint Treasure. Obverse: Clothed bust, with queue, to left; a neck cloth under the collar; on truncation, F.; in a curve above, BENJAMIN RUSH M : D : OF PHILADELPHIA .:. Reverse: Landscape in the vicinity of Philadelphia with meandering Schuylkill River and line of trees on the left; in rear, the setting sun with mountain and clouds; to right of a large tree in foreground, SYDENHAM; in front of trees, a block of stone with an open book upon it, on stone, READ/THINK/OBSERVE in three lines. In exergue, M. FURST FEC. / A.MDCCCVIII in two lines.
• Bernard De Jussieu Medal
  
  Bronze. France 1859. Signed. A tribute of Adrien’s children to the Jussieu family. Obverse: Three overlapping busts to left within a beaded circle; in a curve, along edge from lower left, widely spaced, BERNARD • ANTOINE - LAURENT • ADRIEN; below the most right truncation, E ∙ A ∙ OUDINE ∙ F; in exergue, in a curve, 29 ∙ JUIN ∙ 1853. Reverse: In a field, at top, ∙ AUX ∙ BOTANISTES ∙ / ∙ DE ∙ LA ∙ FAMILLE ∙ DE ∙ JUSSIEU ∙; below separation mark, at left, ANTOINE /1686 ∙ 1758 ∙ / BERNARD / 1699 ∙ 1777 ∙, and at right, JOSEPH / 1704 ∙ 1779 ∙ / ANTOINE-LAURENT / 1748 ∙ 1836 ∙, and centered below, ADRIEN / 1797∙1853 ∙; at bottom, onother separation mark, and below, ∙ HOMMAGE ∙ DES ∙ ENFANTS ∙ / ∙ D'ADRIEN ∙ DE ∙ JUSSIEU ∙ all in ten parallel lines.
• Caracalla Medal
  
  Bronze. Italy 1466. Unsigned, but attributed to Giovanni Boldù. Posthumous. Obverse: Clothed laureate bust of a youth to left; along the edge, in a curve at left and right, ANTONINVS PIVS AVGVSTVS. Reverse: At left, naked artist seated to right, his head in hands, with scattered bones by his feet, before him the winged Genius of Death, resting on a skull; in a curve above, IO SON FINE; below, in a curve, ∙ M ∙ CCCC ∙ LXVI ∙ .
• Charles Pinot Duclos Medal
  
  Bronze. France 1821. Signed. Posthumous. Obverse: Clothed bust to right, hair in peruke style, below DONADIO F.; in circle CHARLES DUCLOS. Reverse: NÉ / A DINANT / EN M.DCC.V. / MORT / EN M.DCC.LXXII.; below long exergue mark, GALERIE METALLIQUE / DES GRANDS HOMMES FRANÇAIS., in two lines; below shorter mark, 1821.
• Charles-Michel De L’Épée Medal
  
  Bronze. France 1801. Signed. Posthumous. Issued to honor the educator of the deaf. Obverse: Clothed bust to left, wearing clerical costume and skull-cap; around from lower left, CH ∙ MICHEL DE L'ÉPÉE NÉ A VERSAILLES 1712, MORT A PARIS 1789 ∙ ; on truncation, B DU VIVIER F∙. Reverse: In a field, AU GÉNIE / INVENTEUR / DE L'ART D'INSTRUIRE / LES SOURDS-ET-MUETS / DANS LES SCIENCES / ET LES ARTS / B ∙ DUVIVIER / 1801 in eight parallel lines.
• Christian Samuel Hahnemann Medal
  
  Copper. France 1836. Signed. Lifetime. From French homeopaths honoring their master's coming to France. Obverse: Nude bust to right in high relief; below and parallel to truncation, EMILE ROGAT 1836.; in a curve at left and right, SAMUEL HAHNEMANN. Reverse: Around from lower left, NÉ A MEISSEN LE 10 AVRIL 1755, VENU EN FRANCE LE 25 JUIN 1835 / A LEUR MEITRE, LES HOMŒOPATHISTES FRANÇAIS. in two lines, with rosette at bottom; in reentrant serpent, SIMILIA / SIMILIBUS / CURENTUR in three lines.
• Christian Theodor Billroth Coin
  
  Two shilling coin minted by the First Republic of Austria in 1929 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Christian Theodor Billroth's birth. Obverse: In a curve, at top, REPUBLIK, and at bottom, ∙ OESTERREICH ∙ ; value 2 and SCHILLING curved below, within a circle formed by 10 shields, bearing arms of the Austrian Republic and 9 Federal Countries: Burgerlan, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Vienna, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol, Voraberg Reverse: Bust of Billroth in profile to left, in field, below line of collar engraver's signature GRIENAUER. Around along edge from bottom left THEODOR ∙ BILLROTH ∙ GEB ∙ 1829 and at bottom, inward, *1929* .
• Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland Medal
  
  Bronze. Germany 1833. Signed. Lifetime. Commemorative medal on the fiftieth anniversary of his doctorate received on July 24th, 1783. Obverse: Clothed bust to right, wearing coat with fur collar; in a curve at left and right, CHRIST. GVIL. HVFLAND; on truncation, BRANDT F. incused. Reverse: A semi-nude women to the left with two children at her feet crouched in front of a raised altar, two winged nude youths on each side. One on the left offers her a drink, one on the right extends the thread of life from a spindle. On upper part of altar, staff of Aesculapius and a scroll with MACROBI / OTICE incused; in exergue, NATVRAE PRAECEPTA COLENS MORBISQVE MEDETVR / FILAQVE PARCARVM LENTIVS IRE DECET in two lines, below a short exergue mark, D XXIV M. IVL. A. MDCCCXXXIII [24 JUL 1833].
• Claude Bernard Plaquette
  
  Aluminum. France 1913. Signed. Posthumous. Issued by Deschiens to honor Claude Bernard, French scientist, on the hundredth anniversary of his birth. Obverse: Bust to right, clothed in academic gown with bow tie and Cross of the Honorary Legion; A.BORREL 1913 incused in lower right; along lower left side, inward facing DESCHIENS EDIT; beneath in frame, CLAUDE BERNARD Reverse: In field, in 13 lines in 3 sections, CLAUDE BERNARD / NÈ A ST JULIEN (RHONE) / 12 JUILLET 1813 / MORT A PARIS / IO FEVERIER 1878 -- MEMBER/ DE L’ACADEMIE FRANCAISE / DE L’ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES / DE L’ACADEMIE DE MEDECINE -- PROFESSEUR - / AU COLLÈGE DE FRANCE / A LA FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES / AU MUSEUM D’HISTORIE NATURELLE --
• David Hosack Medal
  
  Bronzed copper. United States. Undated, but about 1830. Signed. Lifetime. Obverse: Nude bust to right, the hair brushed upwards; in a curve at left and right, DAVID HOSACK M. D. [the periods, a dot-in-circle] ; along edge at right of truncation, FURST. F. Reverse: A short column and multitude of art and science emblems: lyre, spade, staff of Aesculapius, mounted sphere, bust, mallet and chisel, palette with brushes, notebook, square and compass; in a curve at top, ARTS AND SCIENCE; in exergue, in a curve, FURST F.
• Désiré-Joseph Mercier Medal
  
  Bronze. Belgium 1914. Signed. Lifetime. A nation’s tribute for the cardinal’s words of support and encouragement to resist Germans. Obverse: Clothed bust to left, wearing mozzetta (short cape), cross and zucchetto (skullcap); in a curve along edge from lower left, ∙ A ∙ S ∙ E ∙ LE CARDINAL ∙ MERCIER ∙ ∙ HOMAGE ∙ NATIONAL ∙ ; on right, in straight line, J. JOURDAIN in smaller letters. Reverse: Personified Belgium holding a flag in left hand and pulling up a tired soldier with her right hand; in a curve at right and left, ∙ PATRIOTISME ∙ ∙ ENDURANCE ∙ ; below the soldier’s hand holding gun, 1914.
• Dr. Stuart Token
  
  Copper. Scotland 1841. Unsigned. Lifetime. Trade token advertising Stuart’s practice in Glasgow. Obverse: In circle woman seated, half to left, with right breast bare and infant in lap; in a curve at left and right, MIDWIFERY & NURSING.; on raised band around, at top, between dot like markings, DR. STUART (outward) and below, 39 MAXWELL STREET GLASGOW (inward). Reverse: Two men seated in chairs facing each other, the doctor feeling pulse of patient; in field above heads, HONOUR; on raised band around from lower left, PRIVATE MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT, and at bottom, 1841; all incused.
• Francois Henri Hallopeau Medal
  
  Bronze. France 1907. Signed. Lifetime. On the occasion of his promotion as officer of the Legion of Honor, and his retirement after 25 years at the Hospital St. Louis. Obverse: Clothed bust to left, wearing pince-nez on cord; lapel button; on truncation, J. C. CHAPLAIN in two lines, incused; in a curve along the edge from lower left, HENRI ∙ HALLOPEAU DE ∙ L’ACᵐᶦᵉ DE ∙ MEDECINE ∙ . Reverse: At right, a physician wearing cap and apron, seated to left in chair, examining arm of a young semi-nude woman who stands facing him slightly to right; in background, table with instruments; in a curve along edge from lower left, PRIMVM ∙ MVLTOS COGNOVIT ∙ CVTIS ∙ MORBOS ∙ ; in exergue, MDCCCCVII. Edge: Paris mint mark and BRONZE incused.
• François Rabelais Medal
  
  Bronze. France 1818. Signed. Posthumous. Obverse: Clothed bust to left, wearing skull-cap; in a curve at left and right, FRANÇOIS RABELAIS; Below, in smaller letters, E. GATTEAUX. Reverse: In a field, NÉ /A CHINON / VERS / M.CCCC.LXXXIII. / MORT / EN M.D.LIII. in six parallel lines; in exergue, GALERIE METALIQUE / DES GRANDS HOMMES FRANÇAIS. in two lines, and below a shorter mark, 1818.
• Friedrich Hoffmann Medal
  
  Bronze. Germany 1823. Signed. Posthumous. Issued for Durand’s “Series Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium.” Obverse: Clothed bust to left, wearing coat with four button-holes visible, long curls falling over shoulders; below truncation, WOLF F.; in a curve along edge at left and right, FRIDERICUS HOFFMANNUS Reverse: In six parallel lines, NATUS/ HALAE / IN MAGEDEBURGICA / AN.M.DC.LX. / OBIIT/ AN.M.DCC.XLII.; in exergue, SERIES NUMISMATICA / UNIVERSALIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM; below separated by a mark, M.DCCC.XXIII.; at bottom, curved inwards, DURAND EDIDIT
• Friedrich von Hessing Medal
  
  Bronze. Germany 1908. Signed. Lifetime. On the occasion of his seventieth birthday. Obverse: Clothed bust to left, wearing pince-nez; in field at right, K ∙ GOETZ ∙ Sc / MÜNCHEN incused. Reverse: Hessing standing facing behind a draped bed, and adjusting a splint on the left leg of a nude boy who stits to right, leaning back on his hands, his right leg hanging over the side of the bed, foot extending into exergue, in which, 70 ∙ GEBURTSTAG ∙ 1908 incused; in background at right, corner of a work bench with a vise, and, just above bed, K. GOETZ incused in minute letters; in field at upper left, HOFRAT ∙ / ∙ FRIEDRICH / HESSING in three parallel lines. Edge: C. PŒLLATH incused Carl Pöllath - die-sinking establishment at Schrobenhausen, Bavaria
• Georges Cuvier Medal
  
  Bronze. France 1834. Signed. Posthumous. Obverse: Clothed bust to left wearing coat with fur collar, over redingote, embroidered with leaf design, cravat and gillet; below, in minute letters, A. BOVY 1834. ; continuing curve of legend, GEORGE CUVIER. NÉ A MONTBELIARD EN 1769. MORT A PARIS EN 1832. Reverse: In the field, DISCOURS / SUR LES RÉVOLUT. / DU GLOBE. / RECHERCHES SUR LES / OSSEMENTS FOSSILES. / ANATOMIE COMPARÉE. / RÈGNE ANIMAL. / HIST. DES SCIENCES / NATURELLES. / &.&.&. in ten parallel lines; around, in two concentric lines, PAIR DE FRANCE ∙ CONSEILLER D'ETAT ET AU CONSEIL ROYAL D'INSTR ∙ PUBL ∙ SECRETAIRE PERP ∙ DE L'ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES ∙ / L'UN DES 40 DE L'ACAD ∙ FR ∙ L’ACADᴺ ∙ LIB ∙ DE L'ACAD ∙ DES BELL ∙ LETT ∙ PROF ∙ AU COLL ∙ D ∙ FR ∙ ET AU MUS ∙ D'HIST ∙ NATURELLE & ∙ & ∙, with a rosette at bottom to separate beginning and end of lines.
• Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher Und Ärzte (GDNÄ) Medal
  
  Bronze. Austria 1832. Signed. Struck for the 10th Annual meeting held in Vienna. Obverse: A semi-nude bearded male, personifying Danube, holding oar in left hand, seated three-quarters to right, his head to left, crowning with right hand the Tyche of Vienna, who is seated beside him, resting left arm on shield; on ground by his foot, BOEHM ∙ F.; in background at right, stern of boat; in curve at left and right, VINDOBONA PHYSIOLOGIS; in exergue, MENSE SEPTEMBRI / MDCCCXXXII in two lines; the whole within a beaded circle. Reverse: Within a wreath, a word of greeting in Greek letters, XAIPEIN [CHAIREIN]; the whole within a beaded circle.
• Giovanni Rasori Medal
  
  Bronze. Italy 1837. Signed. Posthumous. Struck upon his death. Obverse: Nude head to right; below, in a curve, NESTI ; in a curve at left and right, GIOVANNI RASORI. Reverse: In the field, INFRANSE / L'IDOLO DI COO / AL CULTO /DEL VERULAMIO /ADDUSSE IGEA in five lines; below an ornamental line, MORIVA IN MILANO / MDCCCXXXVII in two lines.
• Hans Sloane Medal
  
  Bronze. England 1744. Signed. Lifetime. To honor the president of the Royal Society in London. Obverse: Clothed bust to left wearing cap; in a curve at left and right, HANS SLOANE EQU ∙ BARONETTUS ∙ and in a curve below truncation, A. DASSIER. F. in smaller letters. Reverse: Between garland at top and crossed and tied oak branches, PRÆSES / SOCIETATIS REGIÆ / LONDINENSIS / MDCCXLIV ∙ in four parallel lines.