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Portrait of Claude Edwin Heaton, MD. Dr. Heaton received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1921. He taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as an Instructor in Gynecology (1926-1932) and Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1932-1941). Dr. Heaton then taught at New York University College of Medicine as Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1941-1957), Lecturer in the History of Medicine (1957-1958), and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1957-1967).

Portrait of Theodor Billroth, MD (1829-1894). Dr. Billroth was a German surgeon, known as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery. He was an early adopter of antiseptic surgical techniques. Billroth also influenced European and American surgical training with his advocacy for a model in which post-graduate medical students took on surgical assistantships to develop their practical skills.

Dr. David Bodian, a polio researcher at Johns Hopkins, presents on factors that led to the development of the poliomyelitis vaccine. The photograph was taken on April 12, 1955, during the live telecast informing the American public that the field trial to test the inactivated polio vaccine was successful. The telecast was filmed at Rackham Hall at the University of Michigan. Eli Lilly & Co. funded the hour and a half long broadcast, narrated by Bob Emerick. It was watched by an estimated 54,000 doctors in special screenings in movie theaters and heard by millions of people around the world on the radio.

Dr. Jonas Salk (not pictured), developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine, received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.

Portrait of Jonas Edward Salk, MD (1914-1995), developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine. Dr. Salk received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.

Signed portrait of E. Brüsgaard, MD.

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Photograph of Dr. Thomas M. Rivers and Dr. David Bodian watching a monitor backstage during the live telecast on the development of the poliomyelitis vaccine. The photograph was taken on April 12, 1955, during the live telecast informing the American public that the field trial to test the inactivated polio vaccine was successful. The telecast was filmed at Rackham Hall at the University of Michigan. Eli Lilly & Co. funded the hour and a half long broadcast, narrated by Bob Emerick. It was watched by an estimated 54,000 doctors in special screenings in movie theaters and heard by millions of people around the world on the radio.

Dr. Jonas Salk (not pictured), developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine, received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.

Edward M. Bernecker, MD, giving a public address. Dr. Bernecker served as Commissioner of Hospitals of New York for seven years and later held the role of Administrator of Hospital Services with NYU-Bellevue Medical Center.

Photograph of Dr. Jonas Salk using graphics to report on his research at the live telecast on the development of the poliomyelitis vaccine. The photograph was taken on April 12, 1955, during the live telecast informing the American public that the field trial to test the inactivated polio vaccine was successful. The telecast was filmed at Rackham Hall at the University of Michigan. Eli Lilly & Co. funded the hour and a half long broadcast, narrated by Bob Emerick. It was watched by an estimated 54,000 doctors in special screenings in movie theaters and heard by millions of people around the world on the radio.

Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine, received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.

Photograph of Dr. Thomas M. Rivers and Dr. David Bodian at the start of the live telecast on the development of the poliomyelitis vaccine. Dr. Bodian waits in front of the cameras; Dr. Rivers is seated.

The photograph was taken on April 12, 1955, during the live telecast informing the American public that the field trial to test the inactivated polio vaccine was successful. The telecast was filmed at Rackham Hall at the University of Michigan. Eli Lilly & Co. funded the hour and a half long broadcast, narrated by Bob Emerick. It was watched by an estimated 54,000 doctors in special screenings in movie theaters and heard by millions of people around the world on the radio.

Dr. Jonas Salk (not pictured), developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine, received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.

Photograph of Stanley Arthur Briller, MD (1922-1997), from p. 47 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Briller received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1947. He taught at the New York University College of Medicine as an Assistant in Medicine (1949-1953), Instructor in Medicine (1953-1955), and John Wyckoff Fellow in Medicine (1953-1955).