Brief Description

Bronze plaque honoring Edward Henry Embley M.D. Words are engraved on the plate and the letters painted red and black, the border is also engraved.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Brass (painted).

References

Association file; AMA Museum Catalogue

Brief Description

Bronze medal commemorating the centenary in 1952 of the death of Louis Braille (1809 to 1852). One face of the medal depicts a raised profile along with Braille's name and the dates of his birth and death. The other face depicts the centenary date and French scripting. Both sides include some braille.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Display card and medal.

Brief Description

Bronze medal honouring the life of Louis Braille , 1809 to 1852. The face of the medal depicts a pair of eyes, French script and braille. The back of the medal shows the face of a blind person whose hand is raised with fingers seeking. Braille's name, date of birth and death, are also shown.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Display card and medal.

Brief Description

Bronze medal honouring the life of Paracelse, 1493 to 1541. The medal is number 29 from a batch (minting, pressing, run ?) of 100. One face shows an image of Paracelse in relief accompanied by French script, the other face bears a modern art style impression with Latin script.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Display card.

Brief Description

Bronze medal commemorating the birth of Leonardo da Vinci in 1452. One side of the medal depicts a relief portrait of the artist with the commemorative dates in Latin numerals. The other side depicts the image of a man with limbs outstretched in two potential positions (man in perfect proportion to nature?), also some script in French.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Display card and medal.

Brief Description

Bronze medal commemorating the life of Georges Clemenceau, 1841 to 1929. One side of the medal shows a relief portrait of Clemenceau with the commemorative dates in Latin numerals. The other side of the medal depicts a relief image of an owl, a tree branch with three leaves and accompanying script.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Display card and medal.

Brief Description

Bronze medal commemorating the life of Marie Curie. One side of the medal shows a portrait of her face, the other side shows a bowl containing glowing yellow material which signifies the discovery of radium.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Medal (might only be silver plated), silver in appearance. One side of the medal has a profile portrait of Cheselden whilst the other side depicts a young man lying limply on a couch, some sections of his skeleton can be observed. The medal also has script in both Latin and English.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Metal.

References

Display card and medal

Brief Description

Bronze medal commemorating Alexander Fleming and his winning of the Nobel prize in 1945. One side of the medal depicts a relief portrait of Fleming and on the other side is a microscope and microscopic organisms.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Display card and medal.

Brief Description

Bronze medal commemorating the death of Francois Rabelais four centuries previous in 1553. One side of the medal depicts a relief portrait of Rabelais, the other side shows a figure with a staff standing next to a bottle containing the secrets of the universe, a large mouth appears at the neck of the bottle. Also some French script.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Display card and medal.

Brief Description

Bronze medal commemorating the life of Jean Austruc 1684 - 1766. One side of the medal depicts a portrait of Austruc, the other side depicts the sore ridden and decaying body of a women, there is also some French script and verse by Rabelais.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Brass medal from the 8th Annual Congress of Anesthetists, 1929, with blue ribbon and 2 safety pins.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Brass, copper and satin.

References

See registration number 832.

Brief Description

The Edward Henry Embley Memorial medal in bronze from the University of Melbourne. Obverse has relief bust of Embley; reverse has University plate, laurel branch and space for engraving.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Brass plaque for an X-ray plant bequest to the Tuberculosis Bureau and Clinic, from the late Mrs. Davies.

History of Object

Plaque refers to original X-ray apparatus (screening only?) in original building (i.e. old overseas Cable Reception Office building, built in 1858 as the Eletric Telegraphic Office. See addendum to Annual Report of Victorian T.B. Board, 1971, by Dr. David Seward, M.C. in charge) of Geelong Branch (noted 1984 by donor).

Materials and Finishes

Brass (punched) and wood (varnished).

References

Brief Description

Medallion celebrating the centenary of the First Woman Graduate in Australia, Bella Guerin, in 1983. Obverse shows females walking throguh doors; reverse shows Guerin opening door.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Pewter (?), velvet, plastic and satin.

References

Brief Description

Sir Richard Stawell Orator Medal, in bronze, awarded to Doris Kilburn "for services rendered".

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Commemorative badge for the B.M.A. meeting of 1934 in Bournemouth. Depicts coastline with piers and tree under sun.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Metal.

References

See also registration number 2947.

Brief Description

Commemorative medallion for the B.M.A. meeting of 1934 in Bournemouth. Depicts coastline with piers and tree under sun. Suspended on green ribbon on pin bar.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Metal and silk.

References

See also registration number 2946.

Brief Description

Set of twenty-seven bronze medals in the "Great Doctors" series.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

See Supplementary File for list of Doctors in the series.

Brief Description

Sterling silver medal bearing bust portrait of John Burton Cleland. Reverse is uninscribed, and has floral borders.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Silver (sterling).

References

Brief Description

Large bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Felix Lagrot. Reverse depicts soldier on horse.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Brass medal bearing the bust portrait of H.B. Frejka. On reverse is a staked tree with the date of 12.2.1890.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Brass (?).

References

Brief Description

Large brass medal bearing portrait of Dr. Norman Bethune, his head resting on his hand. Reverse is flat and plain.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

?Brass (lacquered).

References

Brief Description

Medal depicting portrait of Jean de Carro and Frantisék Lenoch. Reverse depicts the continents and commemorates the Cursus Internat Perfectionis Medicorum.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Medal bearing the bust portrait of Agassiz. Reverse bears the slogan, "Terra Marique Ductor Indagatione Naturae."

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Medal bearing the bust portrait of Josep Trueta Raspall. Reverse depicts a Greek vase and the inscruption, "Humani Corporis Vulnerum Sanator."

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Medal bearing the bust portrait of Hermenegild Arruga. Reverse depicts sunburst through clouds with inscription, "...Et Facta Est Lux."

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Medal bearing the bust portrait of Antoni Puigvert. Reverse depicts the Fundacion Puigvert building.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Medal bearing the bust portrait of Dr. C. Sebastien. Dedication is inscribed on reverse in French.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

?Copper.

References

Brief Description

Medal bearing the bust portrait of W. Nolen. Reverse bears dedication to Nolen.

History of Object

Nolen was at Leiden from 1891 to 1924.

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Medal bearing the bust portrait of Henri Daniel Guyot. Reverse bears a dedication.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

?Copper.

References

Brief Description

Medal bearing the bust portrait of David Hosack. Reverse depicts harp, globe, pallet, gavel, compass, shovel and other equipment.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Polish 10zt currency coin bearing bust portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus. Obverse bears depiction of bird of prey.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Nickel.

References

Brief Description

Polish 10zt currency coin bearing portrait of Marie Curie. Obverse bears depiction of bird of prey.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Nickel.

References

Brief Description

German Deutschmark coin bearing portrait of Max von Pettenkofer. Obverse bears a depiction of a German eagle.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Nickel.

References

Brief Description

Large bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Robert Debré. Reverse depicts the Hospital Enfans Malades.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Medal bearing bust portrait of Marie Curie. Reverse depicts the atom.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Georges Cuvier. Reverse bears dedication.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Medal bearing bust portrait of Denis Diderot. Reverse commeorates his birth and death. Produced by Galerie Metallique Des Grands Hommes Français.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Large bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Jacques Daviel. Reverse commemorates the bicentennial of his death.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Large bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Albert Calmette. Reverse bears dedication and depicts microscope, cobra and flora.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Large bronze medal bearing portrait of Rene Descartes. Reverse depicts the tree of life, "toute la philosophie est comme un arbre." Dated 1669, 1969. Commemorates four hundred years.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze rectangular medal bearing the bust portrait of A. Charles Monod. Reverse depicts demonstration of surgery.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Rectangular bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Pierre Delbet. Reverse depicts the maidens Vérité (Truth) and Beauté (Beauty) and column with protectress.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Anton Drasche. Reverse depicts doctor, nun and angel at bedside of patient.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Leopold Ritter von Dittel. Reverse bears dedication.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing portrait of Georges Duhamel. Reverse depicts book with quill for the "Miracle N'est Pas Oeuvre".

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Rectangular medal bearing bust portrait of Anton von Eiselsberg.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

?Bronze medal for the King George V Memorial Hosptail for Mothers and Babies, bearing depiction of mother with babe in arms. Reverse in uninscribed.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze (?).

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal for the Newcastle Hospital, depicting healthy male giving "blood for life" to a sickly male.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal depicting the Academi Et Scho Chirurgo building. Reverse bears likeness of Ludovicus XVI.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal for "Alendis et Educandis Pauperibus", depicting mother and children on grass in front of buildings. Reverse bears likeness of Ludovicus XIV.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal depicting Apollo and Salutaris beneath date palm tree. Apollo holds harp and quiver; Salutaris holds staff with snake wrapped around it. A skeleton lies on the bed behind her.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal for the Societas Academica Chirurg, depicting Apollo and Salutaris. To the left of Apollo is an assortment of instruments. To the right of Salutaris is a skeleton, kill, stool, etc.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing the bust portrait of Alain Bombard. Reverse commemorate his voyage across the Atlantic in 1952.

History of Object

Bombard's voyage was from 25 May to 23 December 1952.

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal commemorating 150 years of the Academie Nationale de Medecine. Depicts patient being ministered to. Reverse shows the sigil of the staff and snake.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Silver-like bronze medal inscribed to E. Bottentuit, commeorating the centenary of the "L'Internat en Medecine et en Chirurgie", and the Hopitaux Civils de Paris.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Copper-like medal for the 32nd Versammlung. Ornately worked, with wide worked borders both sides.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

?Copper.

References

Brief Description

Large copper-like medal commemorating the Iternational Medical Congress, London, 1881. Obverse depicts physician warding off the Grim Reaper. Reverse bears likeness of Queen Victoria.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

?Copper/Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Copper-like, uninscribed medal for the Thomson Memorial Lecture from the B.M.A. (Geelong Subdivision).

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Copper-like medal entitled, "Galen Contempl Scelet. Human," by depiction of Galen contemplating the human skeleton. Reverse bears a coat-of-arms and motto, "Que Prosunt Omnbius Artes".

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

?Copper/Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Copper-like medal commemoratign the "Concioni XV Natur Scrut et Medic Germaniae". Obverse depicts sake holding its tail; reverse depicts the Curia building.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Rectangular bronze medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Association Generale des Medecins de France. Reverse depicts, "Medicis Auxilium et Tutela."

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Rectangular bronze medal commemorating the "Inauguration du Monument v. Magnan A L'asile Clinique Sainte-Anne", 1923.

History of Object

Paul Strauss was Ministre de Hygiène de L'Assistance et de la Prevoyance Sociales.

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Rectangular bronze medal commemorating 25 years of the Hôpital St. Louis, 1872-1896.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Octagonal silver-like (nickel?) medal commemorating the "Qyam Hospitio Excipit, Arcet".

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Nickel (?).

References

Brief Description

Silver-like medal bearing depiction of three storks and the motto, "Urbi Et Orbi Salus", for the Facul Medic, Paris, 1646. Reverse is flat and blank.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Silver-like medal from the Scola Regia M.M. Chirurgorum Parisiensium. Reverse flat and blank.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Silver-like medal commemorating "Kongl Wetenskaps Acadamien", 1815, depicts star with four crowns. Reverse depicts man planting a sapling, with the motto, "Für Efterkommande."

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Silver-like medal depicting three storks in a row, and commemorating Facul Medic Parisi, 1678. Reverse bears likeness of Antonius Le Moine Decanus.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal (appears bronze-like) bearing bust portrait of Ambroise Paré, surgeon. Reverse is flat and blank.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Copper-like bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Ambroise Paré. Reverse depicts surgeons overhead with scalpels and retractors.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze-like medal bearing bust portrait of Sigismundus Albicus. Reverse bears legend, "XII Congressus Rheumatologicus Internationalis", 1969.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Dark bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Louis Portes. Reverse commemorates Portes as President of the Ordre National des Medecine.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Charles Nicolle. Reverse commemorates his Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1928 and depicts a microscope.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Copper-like bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Michael Nostradamus. Reverse depicts the human with Zodiac influences or phases.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Jacques Monod. Reverse depicts sail boat and line of music across chimney (?).

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing portrait of Henri Mondor. Reverse depicts shelves of books and bears motto, "Un Peuprofond Ruisseau Calomnie La Mort".

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze-like medal bearing bust portrait of Gregor Mendel.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing portrait of Gabriel Bertrand. Reverse depicts biochemistry.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Gilt-plated medal commemorating the opening of the "Erstes Reconvalescentenhaus für Arme Kinder in Weidlingau, Gegrundet von August Und Amalie Herzmansky."

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Metal (gilt).

References

Brief Description

Copper-like medal bearing bust portrait of Jons Jakob Berzelius. Reverse depicts pharmacy scale.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Bronze-like medal bearing bust portrait of Henry Simpson Newland, for the Henry Simpson Newland Oration. Reverse uninscribed.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper (?).

References

Brief Description

Copper-like medal bearing bust portrait of H.S. Newland, for the Henry Simpson Newland Prize. Reverse refers to the Federal Council of the B.M.A.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Thick bronze medal bearing portrait of Rene Leriche, commemorating his L'Ordre National des Medecins. Reverse depicts the College de France.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of J.B. Lamarck. Reverse depicts tree of life, branching into insects, sea fauna, reptiles, birds, mammals with man.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Felix Lobligeois. Reverse depicts nurse examining X-ray image, commemorating Electro-Radiology.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Thick bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Laennec. Reverse depicts the Kerlouarnec residence.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing portrait of Andrew Lwoff, commemorating his Nobel Prize. Reverse depicts small marine creature, with motto.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Thick bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Jung. Reverse bears geometric sunburst decoration with motto.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Silver-like medal bearing portrait of Henri Becquerel. Reverse depicts numerous symbols, including rat and wheat.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Gold-like bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Alphonse Laveran. Reverse depicts wasps and cello (?).

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Brass-like medal commemorating the quincentennial of da Vinci's birth. Obverse bears bust portrait of da Vinci, reverse dedicated to da Vinci in 1952.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Brass-like medal bearing bust portrait of Sandor Koranyi. Reverse depicts man standing and spread-eagled in square and circle.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Brass-like medal commemorating the centennial of R. Tait McKenzie's birth. Obverse bears portrait of McKenzie. Reverse is ornately decorated, depicting human exertion.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of da Vinci. Reverse depicts qiull and paintbrush with motto, "Scribit Quam Suscitat Artem".

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of J.D. Larrey. Reverse depicts angel with medical staff tending to mother with child and to fallen soldier.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of R.T.H. Laennec, commemorating the centenary of his death in 1926.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Medal bearing bust portrait of Antonin Precechtel. Reverse depicts eagle with medical staff and refers to Otolaryngology studies.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Brass-like medal bearing bust portrait of Georgius Prochaska. Reverse commemorates the bicentennial of his birth, 1949.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Gaston Ramon. Reverse honours his work in antitoxins, and tetanus, and depicts a horse and laboratory equipment.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Paul Rivet. Reverse depicts man surrounded by Zodiac symbols.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing portrait of Theophraste Renaudot, commemorating 300 years since his death. Reverse depicts tree of knowledge.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Charles Richet. Reverse commemorates his medical contributions.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Edgar Berillon. Reverse commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Society of Psychotherapy.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Edouard Branly. Reverse bears Latin motto and date "1890" in Roman numerals.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Emile Roux. Reverse depicts various experimental phases - presumably in Roux's career.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Brass-like medal bearing portrait of N. Cererub. Reverse commemorates 200 years since his birth and depicts a town statue on a streetscape.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper (?).

References

Brief Description

Copper-like medal bearing bust portrait of Sir Alfred Roberts. Medal awarded for the "Prince Alfred Hospital Award for Clinical Work". Reverse is plain and uninscribed.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Edouard Branly. Reverse commemorates his birth and achievements.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Silver-like medal bearing bust portrait of Albert Schweitzer. Reverse commemorates his work from 1913, and depicts a tropical hut.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Sterling silver (?).

References

Brief Description

Copper medal bearing bust portrait of Charles Darwin. Reverse depicts an iguana (?) and commemorates Darwin's work on the origin of man.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper.

References

Brief Description

Copper medal bearing bust portraits of de Lesseps and Pacha. Reverse depicts the Suez Canal.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper.

References

Brief Description

Copper medal bearing bust portrait of Jean-Martin Charcot. Reverse depicts the Hospice de la Sal Petriere.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Maimonide. Reverse depicts genie lamp and commemorates Maimonide's work.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of W.C. Röntgen, commemorating his 1901 Nobel Prize. Reverse depicts the X-ray penetration of the hand.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Copper medal bearing portrait of Robert Koch. Reverse depicts the microbacterium tuberculosis.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper.

References

Brief Description

Copper medal bearing portrait of Hippocrates, with frieze of Greek key pattern. Reverse depicts ancient medical man attending to patient.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper.

References

Brief Description

Copper medal bearing portrait of Henri Leclerc. Reverse depicts a maiden of nature, and notes other medical figures.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of A-J. Balard. Reverse depicts ocean life with the words, "Le Brome".

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing portrait of Jean Bernard. Reverse depicts two blood platelets.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal commemorating herbal medicine. Obverse depicts the "herboristerie" or pharmacy. Reverse depicts herbs being harvested.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing portrait of A.J. Balard. Reverse commemorates Balard's "decouverte du brome", with depiction of experiment equipment.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Clement Simon. Reverse depicts bedridden patient being treated by four gentlemen.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Medal bearing bust portrait of Emil Holub. Reverse depicts Africa.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Medal bearing bust protrait of Jaroslav Solc. Reverse depicts a woman under water.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Rectangular brass-like medal bearing the bust portrait of Alvis (?) Frassery.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Rectangular brass-like medal bearing the bust portrait of C. ?Hunbly.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Copper-like medal bearing bust portrait of Ioseph Franc Lib. Reverse depicts him seated, studying a flower.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Copper-like medal bearing bust portrait of M.J. Eugene Sue. Reverse commemorates his work with properties of the feather.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Theodore Tuffier. Reverse commemorates his achievements.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of P.A. Beclard. Reverse commemorates his birth and death.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Copper-like medal bearing bust portrait of Mcihel Del'epée. Reverse commemorates his achievements.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Brass-like medal bearing bust portrait [subject not identified]. Reverse commemorates the International Congress of Medicine. Has chain loop at top.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Brass-like medal bearing bust portrait of I.P. Semmelweis. Reverse depicts mother with two children.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

References

Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of François Magendie. Reverse commemorates his work with nerves.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

References

Brief Description

Copper medal bearing bust portrait of Etienne Marey. Reverse commemorates Marey's work, and shows a bird's movements in flight.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper.

References

Brief Description

Copper medal bearing bust portrait of Mathias Duval. Reverse depicts a prone cadavre from angle of feet end, and commemorates Duval's work.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper.

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Brief Description

Copper medal bearing bust portrait of Etienne Wolff. Reverse depicts genes and joines embyros.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper.

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Brief Description

Copper medal bearing portrait of Albertus Magnus depicted reading a book by Aristotle. Reverse depicts the heavens raining down upon plants and earth.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper.

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Brief Description

Brass-like medal depicting Gehrlich and Hata at work over test tube. Reverse depicts a mythological scene with man battling many-breasted, snake-headed monster.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing portrait of A.P. Tchekhov. Reverse depicts man with notepad and lady seated."

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Rectangular bronze medal depicting J.H. Fabre studying a praying mantis. Reverse depicts insects in the undergrowth of lawn.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing portrait of E. Fourneau. Reverse depicts woman with cobra.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Rectangular brass-like medal bearing bust portrait of Alex Fraenkel. Reverse is flat and plain.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Bronze medal bearing portrait of Sigmund Freud. Reverse commemorates the 1956 International Association of Psychoanalysis.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Brass-like medal bearing bust portrait of Sigmund Freud. Reverse depicts athletic male staring at leonine woman on rock.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Brief Description

Rectangular bronze medal bearing bust portrait of R.D. Fardel. Reverse commemorates his work on hydrology.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Brass-like medal bearing bust portrait of Johann von Goethe, commemorating 200 years sinceh is work on "geburtstages". Reverse blank.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Silver-coloured copper medal bearing bust portrait of Huang-Di, Emperor. Reverse commemorates acupuncture, depicting Chinese face with acupuncture needles.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper.

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Brief Description

Brass-like medal bearing bust portrait of Ales Hrdlicka. Reverse commemorates the 10th Anthropology Congress.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Brief Description

Bronze rectangular medal bearing bust portrait of Justin Godart. Commemorates his political positions and military service in the Great War.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Brass-like rectangular medal bearing portrait of Julius von Hochenegg. Reverse blank.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Brief Description

Large flat bronze medal with enamelling, bearing bust portrait of S.C.F. Hahnemann. Reverse depicts staff of Aesculapis.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze (enamelled).

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Jean Fernal. Reverse commemorates his life.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Alexis Carrel. Reverse depicts a skeleto-muscular figure holding a skull.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of J.B. Charcot. Reverse depicts sailing ship for French polar expeditions.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of A.P. Borodin. Reverse depicts knight in armour and other representative characters.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of G.L. Le Clerc. Reverse depicts monkeys, ostrich and hippopotamus with human traits.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Rectangluar bronze-like medal bearing bust portrait of E.W. von Brücke. Reverse depicts man wondering about a bird in flight.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Brief Description

Octagonal bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Jean Charcot. Reverse depicts a sailing vessel and commemorates French polar expeditions, 1867 to 1936.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Rectangular bronze medal bust portrait of Pierre and Marie Curie. Reverse is blank.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Bronze-like medal bearing portrait of F.J. Browne. Reverse depicts man and woman observing foetus in sac.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of M.E. Chevreul. Reverse depicts Chevreul taking notes whilst classically-attired person stands before him.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Maurice Courtois-Suffit. Reverse commemorates industrial and social hygiene with three vases of flowers depicted.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Copper-like medal commemorating C.L.F. Panckouke. Reverse depicts an ill man being supported along to a medical patron saint's statuette.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Advertising medal for Holloway's pills and ointment, coinedin 1857. Bears bust portrait of Holloway; reverse depicts woman allowing snake to drink from vessel.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Louis Pasteur. Reverse depicts double helix and commemorates the role of laboratories.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of A. Kircher. Reverse depicts the phases of the moon, and commemorates his inventions.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Bronze-like medal bearing bust portrait of E. Albert. Reverse commemorates his achievements.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Baron Dupuytren. Reverse depicts channel bridge with two arches.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Brass-like medal bearing bust portrait of J. Pancoast. Reverse commemorates him at Jefferson Medical College.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of A. Yersin. Reverse depicts microscope, insects, tree over hut, and rat, and commemorates the Pasteur Institute.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Bronze medal beairng bust portrait of J. Hamburger. Reverse depicts the hilt of a sword, and commemorates his achievements.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of R.A. Turpin. Reverse depicts runners exchanging torch, and genes, commemorating chromosome aberrations.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Copper medal bearing portrait of G. della Porta. Reverse depicts human and makes allusion to man's resemblance to eagle, goat, horse, hippopotamus and pig.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper.

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Brief Description

Rounded, rectangular medal bearing portrait of Paul Ehrlich. Reverse commemorates the First International Congress of Immunology, 1971.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Brief Description

Silver-like copper medal bearing bust portrait of G.J. Mendel. Reverse depicts cross-fertilisation and possible inherited charactistics.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper.

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Brief Description

Bronze-like medal bearing bust portrait of T. Paracelsus. Reverse is blank.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Brass-like medal bearing bust portrait of R. Virchow. Reverse is blank.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Silver-like medal bearing portrait of J.H. de Chaufepie. Reverse commemorates his life (?).

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Gold-coloured silver medal bearing bust portrait of Edward Jenner. Reverse awards First Class for the "Sage-Femme A Lille" in 1882, Department du Nord.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Silver ("Argent").

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Two schilling currency coin for the Oesterreich Republic (Austria), but also commemorative, bearing bust portrait of Theodor Billroth.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Nickel/silver.

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German 5 mark currency coin; but also commemorative, bearing bus portrait of Robert Koch.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Nickel/silver.

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Copper medal bearing portrait of Jerome Cardan. Reverse depicts concentric circles and star cluster, commemorating Cardan's contributions.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper.

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Felix Marti-Ibanex. Reverse commemorates him as founder, and notes 1977 as 20th anniversary.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Bronze-like medal bearing bust portrait of Jonas E. Salk. Reverse bears the Award of Congress for his polio vaccine, and depicts mother with two children.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Copper medal bearing bust portrait of I.P. Pavlov. Reverse depicts the famous dog experiment of salivation when the bell was rung, and shows the mechanical apparation.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper.

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Brief Description

Silver-like copper medal bearing bust portrait of J.A. D'Arsonval. Reverse depicts an X-ray tube (?) in lemon shape.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper.

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of (Charles) Dickens. Reverse depicts a village family with donkey, small dog and caged bird.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Copernicus. Reverse depicts men observing and calculating the celestial sphere.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing portrait of Dr. Livingstone. Reverse depicts native walking out from his jungle cover, with border of linked and broken chain links.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Claude Bernard. Reverse depicts animals in their habitat, and laboratory bottles.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of François Magendie. Reverse depicts a nerve, and commemorates his work with the nervous system.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Victor Grignard. Reverse depicts a chemistry equation and apparatus, and commemorates his Nobel Prize.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of A.M. Ampere. Reverse commemorates his achievements.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Czechoslavak 25 jd. coin, with commemoration of J.E. Purkyne on reverse. Nickel/silver-like.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Medal bearing bust portrait of Lazzaro Spallanzani. Reverse commemorates the 14th International Congress of Physiology in 1932.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Brief Description

Two hard gold medals commemorating the Jubilee of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, in 1977. Crest on reverse, wording on obverse.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Gold (hard).

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Two brass-like medallions commemorating the centenary of the Royal Children's Hospital in 1970. Has violet ribbon with pin, and presentation card.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Satin, metal and cardboard (printed).

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Brief Description

Gold-like and silver-like badge bearing bust portrait of Hippocrates.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Silver-like medal commemorating the Third Asian-Pacific Congress of Gastroenterology, Melbourne, 1968. Depicts earth with landmasses.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Square bronze-like plaque bearing profile portrait of C.H. Kellaway. Reverse bears pin for mounting.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Bronze-like medal bearing profile portrait of Sir Earle Page. Reverse depicts a sceptre and staff of Aesculapius with the wording, "Australia".

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Bronze-like medal bearing profile portrait of Robert Orton, being the Robert Orton Award. Reverse depicts a healthy and a shrivelled plant.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Brief Description

History of Object

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Rectangluar plaque bearing profile portrait of Peter MacCallum, an dhaving mounting pin on reverse side.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Circular plaque bearing profile portrait of R.S. Skirving, and having mounting pin on back.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Silver-like copper medal, in thick lozenge shape, bearing bust portrait of Avicenna. Reverse depicts books of learning, instruments, and a subject.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Copper.

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Brief Description

Silver-like medal bearing bust portrait of Andrew Duncan. Reverse bears award inscription to R.J. Riddell in 1939, and commemorate sthe London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Brief Description

Rectangluar bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Louis Pasteur. Reverse depicts a classical figure working at a microscope with testing apparatus.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Bronze medal beairng bust portrait of Albert Schweitzer. Reverse depicts bars of music and a human body in a tense position.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of B. Sequard. Reverse commemorates his syndrome and depicts the vertebrae (?).

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of L.D.Beauperthuy. Reverse depicts a mosquito over a map of Africa, commemorating work on yellow fever transmission.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Bronze medal bearing bust portrait of Claude Bernard. Reverse commemorates his life work.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Small bronze medal bearing bust portrait of M.F. Xavier Bichat. Reverse commemorates his birth and death (1771-1802).

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze.

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Brief Description

Medal issued in commemoration of the Roche Research Institute of Marine Pharmacology, 1974. Has coral-like border and depicts man, fish and molecule.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Brief Description

Bronze medal depicting "Leproserie de Saint-Lazare a Corbeil", plus bag.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Bronze and paper.

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Brief Description

Commemorative plastic souvenir (paper-weight?) for the centenary of the Royal Children's Hospital in 1970. Given to members of staff in appreciation.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Plastic and cardboard (printed).

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Large brass-like medal bearing bust protrait of Georges Cuvier.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

[not stated].

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Brief Description

Commemorative medal set comprising a bronze-like rectangular medal, commemorating the 21st International Congress of Ophthalmology, and a silver-like coin (25 pesos) commemorating the 1968 Olympic Games. In lined case.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Vinyl, metal, satin and velvet.

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Brief Description

Commemorative coin pressed to mark the occasion of the Australian Society of the History of Medicine's Biennial Conference at Norfolk Island, July 1995. First commemorative coin pressed for the Society.

History of Object

This coin was purchased by Professor Harold Attwood during his attendance at the Conference.

Materials and Finishes

Metal.

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Brief Description

Flat circular box with base and lid. Bone exterior with carved images: lid has top and side views of human cranium and French inscription reading, "Craniology of Dr. Gall"; base has French inscription reading, "Systems of Brain Water Organs of Dr. Gall" with a list of twenty-seven systems. Mottled red and black bakerlite interior shell. Possibly held a medal to commemorate Dr. Franz Gall.

History of Object

This item was originally donated to the Medical Society of Victoria (which later became part of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Medical Association). The A.M.A. donated its historical collection of documents and artifacts to the University of Melbourne's Medical History Museum in 1994.

Materials and Finishes

Bone and bakelite (?).

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Silver (?) medal in purple satin and velvet-lined box. Inscribed "Cecil, for Excellence in Chemistry & Electricity" with bust of Lord Eustace Cecil on front; the reverse bears the Dorset coat of arms and the inscription "1905 Dorset Nationalist & Antiquarian Field club". Awarded to Warrant Officer Wilfrid Leeming, AIF, May 1917.

History of Object

Medal presented to Wilfrid Leeming in 1917 for the best paper on "Electrotherapeutics in the present war" (1914-18) when he was a physiotherapist with the Australian Army Medical Team stationed at Weymouth, Dorset. Donated by his daughter, Ms. Maisie G. Leeming and his niece Dr. J. Bassett.

Materials and Finishes

Metal, velvet, satin and leatherette.

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Brief Description

Silver war service medal (1914-1918) with head of George V on front and figure on horseback on reverse; medal attached to bar with gold ribbon edged on either side with bands of white, narrow black and blue. Kept in chamois leather pouch with other 1914-18 medal (see registration number 4485).

History of Object

Wilfrid Leeming (masseur) served with A.M.F. in England durign 1914-18 War.

Gift from Maisie Leeming, daughter of Wilfrid Leeming.

See Accessory File.

Materials and Finishes

Metal, cloth and chamois leather.

References

See Accessory File.

Brief Description

Silver war service medal (1914-18) with head and shoulders of George V on front and crown and laurel leaves on reverse; mdal attached to bar by scrolled "arms", and bar has ribbon with two broad maroon stripes and three narrow white stripes. Kept in chamois leather case with other 1914-18 medal (see registration number 4484).

History of Object

Wilfred Leeming (masseur) served with A.M.F. in England during 1914-18 war.

Gift from Maisie Leeming, daughter of Wilfrid Leeming.

See Accessory File.

Materials and Finishes

Metal, cloth and chamois leather.

References

See Accessory File.

Brief Description

Shield-shaped badge with red enamelled cross in centre, open background, dark blue shield-shaped band as surround with gold-lettering. Single pin fastening at back.

History of Object

Gift from Mrs Wendy Alexander. Item belonged to her mother, Nancy Lloyd-Green, who undertook the Diploma of Massage Course conducted by the Australasian Massage Association, Victorian Branch (1929-31).

Materials and Finishes

Metal.

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Brief Description

Postage stamp depicting Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop; on yellow backing.

History of Object

Loan item: Barrie Thompson Collection

Materials and Finishes

Paper and adhesive.

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