The foundations of medical history / by Sir D'Arcy Power.

  • D'Arcy Power
Date:
1931
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Credit: The foundations of medical history / by Sir D'Arcy Power. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LISTER An iconography of Lord Lister has long been overdue, and should be done whilst those of us who are still alive and knew and loved him are able to give their impressions of the accuracy of the numerous por¬ traits, engravings and medals which are gradually tending to become stereotyped and idealised. Some¬ thing indeed has been done. The British Medical Journal (vol. ii, 1927, p. 110) reproduced in colour Mr. J. H. Lorimer’s portrait which was painted in 1895, and Ouless’ portrait which hangs on the staircase of the Royal College of Surgeons of England is well known. Both are good likenesses but neither gives the delicate colouring of his complexion, the one is too red and the other too pink. VESALIUS The iconography of Andreas Vesalius has been exhaustively treated by Mr. M. Spielman who is well known as an art critic. It is published as No. 3 of The Research Studies in Medical History by the Well¬ come Historical Medical Museum in London, and is appropriately dedicated to His Majesty the Kingof the Belgians. The book, published in 1925, may well be taken as a model for future medical iconographies. It is well illustrated and deals with the portraits of Vesalius in oils, the pictures, the engravings, the sculp¬ tures, and the portrait medals. There is an account of
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