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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.
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Johann Stieglitz Medal Bronze. Germany 1839. Signed. Lifetime. On the fiftieth anniversary of his doctorate.
Obverse: Nude head to left; on truncation, BRANDT F.; below, in a curve, MEDICI HANNOVERANI D.D. ; around clockwise from bottom, ∙ JO. STIEGLITZ EQ. ARCHIAT. HANNOV . NAT. AROLSEN D. 10 MART 1767. DOCT. PROMOT. GOETTING D. 25 APR. 1789.
Reverse: A classic temple, in a frieze, PROCUL ESTE PROFANE; between the two pillars at right hang wreaths upon which WERLHOF - ZIMMERMANN - WICHMANN - LENTIN [double letters as single letter with overline, I’s are dotted]; in front Aesculapius with staff is hanging wreath between pillars on left, with STIEGLITZ name on it; in exergue, XXV APRIL / MDCCCXXXIX, in two lines.
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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.
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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.
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Johann Lukas Schoenlein Medal Bronze. Switzerland 1839. Signed. Lifetime. Struck on behalf of citizens to commemorate his departure from Zürich.
Obverse: Nude head to left; in a curve at left and right, JOANNES LVCAS – SCHOENLEIN; below, in smaller letters, A. BOVY. F.
Reverse: JO. LVCÆ / SCHOENLEIN / MEDICO / IN MEMORIAM / VIRTVTIS / ATQVE HONORIS / CIVES / TVRICENSES/ MDCCCXXXIX. / in nine parallel lines, with an ornament below.
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Rufin Schockaert Medal Bronze. Belgium 1932. Signed. Lifetime. Struck on the occasion of his silver anniversary at the Catholic University at Leuven.
Obverse: Nude head to right, with moustache; on truncation, ANT. JORISSEN; in a curve along edge from lower left, PROF ∙ DOCT ∙ MED ∙ RUFINUS ∙SCHOCKAERT (outward) and below, closing circle, MCMXXXII (inward).
Reverse: Clothed scholar, wearing hat, standing, with open book in right hand and bunch of flowers in left; by his feet is lying bull [possibly a reference to the papal bull of foundation from 1425], in front covering his feet, University of Leuven coat of arms (a hand from heaven handing a book); in a curve around, ∙ COLLEGAE ∙ MAGISTRO ∙ AMICO ∙ (outwards) and, below PERENNIS ∙ MEMORIAE ∙ TESTIMONIUM (inwards).
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Johann Friedrich von Schiller Medal Bronze. France 1821. Signed. Posthumous. Variant of commemorative medal designed for the Durand’s numismatic series of world famous people struck with erroneous (1705) death date.
Obverse: Clothed bust to right; in a curve at left and right, FRIDERICUS SCHILLER; in a curve below, BARRE. F.
Reverse: In a field, NATUS / AN. M. DCC. LIX. / MARBACHII IN / REGNO WIRTEMBERGENSI / OBIIT / AN .M. DCC.V. in six parallel lines; in exergue, SERIES NUMISMATICA / UNIVERSALIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM in two lines and below shorter ornamental mark, M. DCCC. XXI. And in a curve, DURAND EDIDIT.
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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.
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Moritz Heinrich Romberg Medal Bronze. Germany 1867. Signed. Lifetime. In commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of his doctorate.
Obverse: Nude head to left; under truncation, W. KULLRICH F.; the whole within a raised ornamental band
Reverse: In the field, in the nine parallel lines, MAURITIO HENRICO / ROMBERG / PER DECEM LUSTRA / MEDICINAE DOCTORI / ARTE FELICITER EXERCITATA /ET PROMOTA / INSIGNI / VIRO DE SE MERITISSIMO / AMICI; in exergue, A.D.IV CAL. APRIL. / MDCCCLXVII
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Red Cross Plaquette Bronze. France ca. 1919. Signed. Lifetime. Commemorating the nurses of the Red Cross.
Obverse: A nurse assisting a blind and wounded soldier, who has left arm in sling and cane in right hand; in field at left vertically, VIRTVS, at right vertically, CARITAS, above in curve, AUX DAMES DE LA CROIX ROUGE; in upper corners and around shield with cross, vines; at bottom, against crossed branches of oak and laurel a tablet, with field vacant; in field above tip oak branch at left, H ALLOUARD incused.
Reverse: Wingless victory, a draped female with palm in right and olive branch in left levitating above body of a nurse (Edith Cavell) who lies on bed of palm and flowers; at left by her foot, H. ALLOUARD incused; by her head at right, abandoned revolver; in background, buildings in flames right and left and in center the sun; in upper corners, shields with cross and vines.
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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.
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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.
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Pierre Carl Potain Plaquette Bronze. France 1901. Signed. Lifetime. Designed to commemorate retirement of Potain from practice in 1900, but Potain died before the work was completed.
Obverse: Bust to right. Below, on band, PIERRE CARL POTAIN. At left, monogram, ALMC
Reverse: In a rectangular panel at top, a scene in a hospital ward: three women in beds: the one at left, asleep; the one in center, drinking from a bowl, she holds in both hands; the third examined by Dr. Potain leaning over, his head against the breast of patient at right; beside each bed, a table on which pitchers, jars etc. and a vase of flowers on center table; on shelves above beds, more bottles and dishes; in field above, SCIENCE BONTE (reference to his bedside manners) and at right, monogram ALMC; in field below, AU / DOCTEUR / POTAIN / AU MAITRE/ A L’AMI in five lines.
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Max Joseph Von Pettenkofer Medal Bronze. Germany 1900. Signed. Lifetime.
Obverse: Bearded head to left, at right of truncation, A ∙ H ∙ ; in a curve along edge above MAX V. PETTENKOFER ~ MDCCCC.
Reverse: In the field, GEWIDMET /VON / DER DEVTSHEN / CHEMISCHEN / GESELLSCHAFT / 1850-1900 in six parallel lines, with a small v-shaped mark.
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Louis Pasteur Plaquette Silver plated lead. France. Undated, but issued between 1905-1912. Signed. Posthumous. Commemorates Pasteur and advertises V. Deschiens "L'Hemoglobin Deschien", a tonic syrup. Struck by A. Lelievre.
Obverse: Large clothed bust to left, a branch of laurel below, and curving to right. In upper left corner, LOVIS / PASTEVR, outward and parallel to upper right edge, 1822 • 1895; between leaves at lower right, OFFERT PAR DESCHIENS; within curve of branch at left, L’HEMOGLOBINE and inward and parallel to lower left edge, V.S. CANALE incused.
Reverse: A spray of roses and laurel tied with ribbon; above, in the three parallel lines, POVR LA SCIENCE / LA PATRIE / L’HVMANITÉ; below the roses, in six parallel lines, FERMENTATIONS / GENERATION DITES SPONTANÉES / VINS, BIÈRES, VERS A SOIE / MALADIES VIRVLENTES / VIRVS, VACCINS / PROPHYLAXIE DE LA RAGE; at right parallel to edge and inward, FRAPPE PAR A. LELIEVRE. PARIS & SENS.
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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.
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Jacques Antoine Manuel Medal Bronze. France 1820. Signed. Lifetime. A tribute of liberal voters to deputies who voted against the new electoral system.
Obverse: Three naked busts to right, overlapping; in a curve, along edge from lower left, JACQes. ANTne. MANUEL * PHpe. RENÉ, ESGONNIERE * HENRI, AIMÉ, PERREAU; below, in a curve, E. GATTEAUX. F.
Reverse; Within a laurel wreath, AUX DÉPUTÉS / DU DÉPt. DE LA VENDÉE / ÉLUS EN 1818 / LEURS COMMETTANS / ET AMIS / 1820 in six parallel lines.
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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.
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Robert Liston Medal Bronze. England. Undated, but post 1848. Signed. Posthumous. Established by his friends and admirers after his death, Gold medal given annually for achievements and original observations in surgery by the University College of London.
Obverse: Nude head to left; in a curve at left and right, ROBERTUS LISTON; on truncation, L.C. WYON; in a curve below, NAT: 1794 OB:1847
Reverse: Crossed branches above and a single branch below, in the field, CLINICES / CHIRURGICAE / INTER ALUMNOS / COLL: UNIV: LOND: / PERITISSIMO. in five parallel lines.
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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
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Johann Kaspar Lavater Medal Bronze. France 1818. Signed. Posthumous. Issued for Durand’s Series Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium
Obverse: Clothed bust left, coat showing four buttons, and four button holes bound with braid; below truncation, LEVEQUE and in a curve along edge at left at right JOH.GASPARUS LAVATER
Reverse: In six parallel lines, NATUS/ TURICI/ HELVETIORUM / AN. M.DCC.XLI. / OBIIT/ AN. M.DCCC.I.; in exergue, SERIES NUMISMATICA / UNIVERSALIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM, below a shorter mark, M.D.CCC.XVIII.; along edge at lower left, PARISIIS and at right, DURAND EDIDIT in minute letters
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Robert Koch Medal Bronze, Germany 1890, Signed. Lifetime. Commemorating Koch’s work on tuberculosis from the discovery of the tubercle bacillus in 1882 to the introduction of tuberculin in 1890.
Obverse: Clothed bust facing slightly to right, wearing spectacles; in a curve above, R•KOCH•MEDICUS•DOCTRINA•AC •MODESTIA • AEQUE • EXCELLENS; the whole within a bead circle
Reverse: A burning antique lamp; beneath, in the six parallel lines, TUBERCULOSIS• / ORIGINEM • INDAGAVIT• / INVENIT • SUSTULIT• / GOSSLERI•AUSPICIIS• / •ANNIS• / 1882-1890; below, a laurel branch, beneath branch, in minute letters, LAUER; the whole within a beaded circle
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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.
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Henry Jephson Medal White metal. England 1846. Signed. Lifetime. On the occasion of opening Jephson’s Gardens.
Obverse: Clothed bust slightly turned to left in high relief; in a curve at left and right, HENRY JEPHSON ESQUIRE M.D.
Reverse: Jephson’s mansion; in a curve at top BEECH LAWN LEAMINGTON; in exergue, THE RESIDENCE OF / H. JEPHSON ESQ. M.D. in two lines, below OTTLEY incused.
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Hygeia Plaquette Bronze. Belgium 1913. Signed. Struck for Société Hollandaise-Belge des Amis de la Médaille d'Art.
Obverse: Female head on pedestal with long hair and fruit entwined, branches of grapes forging decorative half circle above her, below the bust, ΥΓΙΕΙΑ [Hygeia] / 1913, on left of the pedestal SOCIETE / HOLLANDO-BELGE, on right DES AMIS / DE LA MEDAILLE.
Reverse: At left, a naked woman with stretched hands to right, holding a plate of fruit, one serpent around her right hand, the other entwined with her long hair; her face is turned away but her body is facing a naked boy, who sits with his arm and head rested on the head of Asklepios on a pedestal; behind them at right, a temple on a hill; between them, incused ΑΣΚΛΗΠІΟΣ (Asklepios); parallel to left edge, J. LECROART incused.
Edge: PAUL FISCH Paul Fisch (1865-unknown), Belgian engraver and medallist from Brussels. (Forrer 2, 97; 7, 306)
