Physicians

Head and shoulders photograph of Dr. Ottenberg, signed.

Head and shoulders portrait of Sir William Osler.

Portrait of Jack Orloff, MD. Dr. Orloff received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1943. From 1974 to 1988, he was the scientific director of the Division of Intramural Research at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health. Orloff was a leader in advancing the discipline of physiology. His work included investigations in acidification of the urine, hypokalemic alkalosis, the metabolism and excretion of ammonia and the endocrine control of sodium excretion.

Portrait of Otto Loewi, MD (1873-1961). Dr. Loewi was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936 for his work on acetylcholine. A refugee of the Second World War, he was invited to join the NYU Department of Pharmacology as Research Professor in 1940.

Signed portrait of Edward Graham-Little, MD (1867-1950). Inscribed “To my friend, Howard Fox, of New York, with best wishes from E. Graham-Little." Graham-Little was an eminent dermatologist in Britain. He served as Member of Parliament for London University from 1924 to 1950.

Head and shoulders portrait of V. Lenar, signed and dated, 1916.

Portrait of Emanuel Libman, MD. The inscription reads: "To Bullowa, with my appreciation and best wishes. Emanuel Libman, October 15th, 1932. Dr. Libman was a cardiologist who practiced and taught at a number of institutions in New York and Europe, including Mt. Sinai Hospital and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He and Benjamin Sacks isolated Libman-Sacks endocarditis in 1924.

NYU Medical Archives holds a collection of photographs sent to Libman by friends and colleagues.

Portrait of A.J. Markley, signed, "A.J. Markley, [Denver, ?]."

Photographic reproduction of a painting of Joseph Lister, MD (1827-1912). The painting, from 1895, is by John Henry Lorimer. Dr. Lister was a British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery.

Portrait of Walter Levy, MD. Dr. Levy received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1924. He served as the Alumni Association President from 1951 to 1952.