Identifier	VC050027
Creator	Hofsommer, Aphrodite Jannopoulo, 1896-1976
Title	Frontal and lacrimal anesthesia, medical illustration
Date.Original	[ca. 1938]
Date.Digital	2004-07-26
Description.Physical	1 art original - pen and ink on paper - 15 x 12 cm.
Description	Dr. Aphrodite Jannopoulo Hofsommer prepared this pen and ink drawing illustrating local anesthesia (frontal and lacrimal) for Meyer Wiener and Bennett Y. Alvis' 1939 textbook, Surgery of the Eye. Hofsommer, one of the first women to graduate from the Washington University School of Medicine, combined her artistic talents with her education to prepare medical illustrations for textbooks and other scientific publications. This illustration was not used in the final version of the textbook.
Provenance	Gift - Drs. Helen H. and Robert J. Glaser - 1997 - (98-009)
Source	VC050
Collection Name	BEYOND TLC - Missouri Women in the Health Science Professions
Relation.IsPartOf	Aphrodite Hofsommer medical illustrations
Publisher	Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8132, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63110
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Format	jpeg
Language	English
Coverage	Missouri--Saint Louis; Missouri--St. Louis
County	Saint Louis (Mo.)
Type	Photographs
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Contributing Institution	Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine
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