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Ticket to a University Medical College lecture on Practical and Surgical Anatomy, given by Dr. Faneuil Dunkin Weisse during the 1876-77 session.

Image of Conrad Rosenberg, MD, with a student, from p. 48 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Rosenberg received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1940.

Portrait of Arthur Mullin Wright, MD (1879-1948). Dr. Wright joined the faculty of the New York University College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery in 1908. From 1933 to 1946, he held the role of George David Stewart Professor of Surgery and chairman of the department. He served as Emeritus Professor of Surgery from his retirement in 1946 until his death in 1948.

Bust of Arthur Mullin Wright, MD (1879-1948). Dr. Wright joined the faculty of the New York University College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery in 1908. From 1933 to 1946, he held the role of George David Stewart Professor of Surgery and chairman of the department. He served as Emeritus Professor of Surgery from his retirement in 1946 until his death in 1948.

Portrait of Stanley F. Yolles, MD (1919-2001). Dr. Yolles received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1950. He served as the director of the National Institute of Mental Health from 1964 to 1970.

Portrait of Alexander Solomon Wiener, MD (1907-1976). Dr. Wiener joined the Department of Forensic Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine in 1938, where he rose to the rank of full professor. In 1938, he also joined the office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York as a serologist.

Image of Morris Ziff, MD (1913-2005), at work in a lab. Dr. Ziff received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1948. Ziff made significant breakthroughs in immunopathology and the genetics of rheumatoid arthritis.

Portrait of Victor H. Witten, MD. Dr. Witten held the role of Professor of Dermatology and Syphilology at New York University School of Medicine.

Portrait of Sam Bernard Wortis, MD (1904-1969). Dr. Wortis joined the faculty of the New York University School of Medicine in 1931 as director of the Laboratory of Neuropsychiatry. He served as chair of the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry from 1942 to 1969 and held the role of dean of the New York University School of Medicine from 1960 to 1963.

Portrait of Arthur Zitrin, MD (1918-2019), holding a copy of the Bellevue Platter, an early 19th century “Blue China” artifact owned by the NYU Medical Archives.

Dr. Zitrin received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1945. His long and accomplished career at New York University School of Medicine began when he was appointed to the medical faculty in 1949. In 1967, Dr. Zitrin became a full professor of psychiatry. From 1955 to 1968, he was Director of Psychiatry at Bellevue Hospital Center, and from 1962 to 1964, he served as Director of Psychiatry of the New York City Department of Hospitals.