Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
From witchdoctor to MD a review of more than 20 centuries of medical skill of the scholars, the diseases and the sick--of the world around them/ [design by] Frits Stoepman.
Contributor:
Stoepman, Frits.
Contributor (Organization):
Hallen (Haarlem, Netherlands)
Subject (Genre):
Posters
Subject (MeSH Term):
History of Medicine
Subject (MeSH Term):
Medicine in Art
Subject (MeSH Term):
Exhibits as Topic
Publication Information:
Haarlem : The Halls, 1972.
Publication Country:
Netherlands
Copyright Statement:
This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing.
Order No.:
A024926
Physical Description:
1 photomechanical print (poster) : col. ; 78 x 53 cm.
Image Description:
Bright blue poster with white and purple lettering announcing exhibit, Apr. - July 1972. Also lists location and hours. Title at top of poster. Central image on poster is a series of nine b&w photos and reproductions, mostly of artworks. Featured items include a shaman's mask, ancient Egyptian and Greek art, a woodcut of an operation, Gabriel Metsu's "The Sick Child," a contemporary drawing suggestive of Christ healing the sick, a cartoon of a doctor peering into a man's throat, an x-ray of a hand, and a Dutch sign reserving a parking spot for doctors. Purple bars above images. Remaining text at bottom of poster.
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
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Call Number:
PP045401 map
Record UI:
101437787

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