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.

Thomas Caspar Gilchrist

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Signed portrait of Thomas Caspar Gilchrist, MD (1862-1927), set in oval frame. Inscribed “to my friend, Howard Fox.” Dr. Gilchrist was an American dermatologist who taught at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is known for his discovery of the fungal infection Gilchrist’s disease, also known as blastomycosis.

Joseph Goldberger

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Photograph Joseph Goldberger, MD (1874-1929), with gray and white line drawing on surface. Dr. Goldberger received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1895. He is known for his discovery of the pellagra preventive factor.

Arpad Geyza Gerster

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Portrait of Arpad Geyza Gerster, MD (1848-1923). Dr. Gerster was born in Hungary and received his medical degree from the University of Vienna in 1872. He emigrated to the United States where he eventually became House Surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Gerster published The Rules of Aseptic and Antiseptic Surgery, the first book on antiseptic surgical methods in the United States, in 1888.

Harry Halprin

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Photograph of Harry Halprin, MD. Dr. Halprin received his MD from University & Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1923. He served as the vice-chairman of the New Jersey Committee of New York University College of Medicine Alumni.