David Gitlin

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Portrait of David Gitlin, MD. Dr. Gitlin received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1947. He became Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. In 1976, Dr. Gitlin received the Alumni Achievement Award from the NYU School of Medicine.

Fielding Hudson Garrison

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Portrait of Fielding Hudson Garrison, MD (1870-1935), in military uniform. The photograph is inscribed, “Ad Emanuelem Libman, medicum clarum, amicum verum, F. H. Garrion. ‘On veut encore être un cadavre présentable.’” [To Emanuel Libman, famous physician, true friend, F. H. Garrison. ‘One still wants to be a presentable corpse.’] Garrison was a medical historian, librarian, and bibliographer, who served on the staff of the Army Medical Library for almost 40 years.

Joseph Harkavy

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Portrait of Joseph Harkavy, MD (1898-1970) inscribed “To Dr. [P] from his friend and pupil, Jos. Harkavy.” Dr. Harkavy received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1928.

Robert F. Goldberger

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Portrait of Robert F. Goldberger, MD (1933-2003). Dr. Goldberger received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1958. He was provost of Columbia University from 1981 to 1989. In 1989 he returned to the New York University School of Medicine, where he taught as an Adjunct Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine until 1993.

Paul Ehrlich

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Printed portrait of Paul Ehrlich, MD (1854-1915). The signature beneath the portrait reads "Prof. P. Ehrlich." The photograph is printed on smooth, glossy paper, with texted printed above and below in German reading: “Gallery of Outstanding Physicians and Naturalists. Paul Ehrlich 1854-1915. Supplement to the Munich Medical Weekly. Page 237, 1909. Request from J. F. Lehmann in Munich.” Dr. Ehrlich was a German biochemist, known for his groundbreaking research on antitoxins and chemotherapy. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1908.

Joseph Goldberger

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Photograph of the death mask of Joseph Goldberger, MD (1874-1929), right profile. Given to Dean Currier McEwan by Mrs. Mary H. Goldberger on October 21, 1952. Dr. Goldberger received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1895. He is known for his discovery of the pellagra preventive factor.