Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
Introducing the NIH Museum of Medical Research
Contributor (Organization):
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Subject (Genre):
Posters
Subject (MeSH Term):
Museums
Subject (MeSH Term):
Medicine in Art
Subject (MeSH Term):
Biomedical Research
Publication Information:
[Bethesda, Md.] : National Institutes of Health, [198-].
Publication Country:
United States
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
A024794
Physical Description:
1 photomechanical print (poster) : col. ; 77 x 54 cm.
Image Description:
Blue poster with gold and white lettering announcing the function, goals, and location of the NIH Museum of Medical Research. Central image on poster is gold-tone reproduction from the frontispiece of "De humani corporis fabrica", 1543, showing the author, Andreas Vesalius, dissecting a human arm.
Subject (Organization):
DeWitt Stetten, Jr. Museum of Medical Research.
Note (General):
Picture caption: The nineteenth century British physicist William Thompson, Lord Kelvin, observed: "When you can measure what you are speaking about and express it in numbers, you know something about it." Since the establishment of the Hygenic Laboratory ....
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
HMD provides access to digital images in lieu of originals when electronic copies exist. Access to originals may require advance notice. Please see HMD Reference Librarian for more information.
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Call Number:
PP045249 map
Record UI:
101437639

Introducing the NIH Museum of Medical Research

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