An exhibit of the works of Claude Bernard / Genevieve Miller and Sanford V. Larkey.

  • Genevieve Miller
Date:
1938
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An exhibit of the works of Claude Bernard / Genevieve Miller and Sanford V. Larkey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AN EXHIBIT OF THE WORKS OF CLAUDE|BERNARD GENEVIEVE MILLER AND SANFORD V. LARKEY As one of the features of the First Graduate Week in Medical History which was held at the Institute of the History of Medicine on April 18-23, 1938, an exhibit of the works of Claude Bernard was presented. It was placed in the Exhibition Hall of the Insti- tute where the space of walls and cases both could be utilized. The walls contained pictures and enlarged diagrams taken for the most part from Bernard’s own works to illustrate his life and various phases of his activities; large placards explaining Bernard’s methods and discoveries accompanied the pictures. The cases contained literature pertaining to the corresponding walls. Claude Bernard was chosen as the subject of this exhibit because his works illustrate the sort of display which can be prepared with the facilities available in most medical schools. With the exception of some pictures of scenes taken from places associated with Ber- nard’s life, and an autograph letter borrowed for the purpose, most of the articles displayed were Bernard’s own published works, either in the form of books or journal articles, and subsequent articles about him. Several rare books which were available in the Welch Medical Library and therefore were exhibited to present the his- torical background of Bernard’s activities, could be represented just as well by the employment of photostatic title pages. Recent litera- ture showing Bernard’s influence is easily obtainable. A number of books in this class and also several volumes of the Compte Rendu des Séances de l Académie des Sciences were borrowed from the library of the Peabody Institute. The exhibit was divided into eight sections, each occupying one wall space and one or more cases. Wall I contained the biography of Claude Bernard, with two cases devoted to objects, pictures and literature illustrating his life. Wall II presented his work on pancreatic digestion and Wall III an explanation of his discovery of the glycogenic function of the liver. Walls IV and V treated of experimental medicine: the first showing the precursors of Bernard
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