Frontal and lacrimal anesthesia, medical illustration
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
Rights
Bernard Becker Medical Library retains all rights to the reproduction of the images in the Digital Gallery. See http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/mowihsp/copyright.htm for terms of use.
Format
jpeg
Language
English
Coverage
Missouri--Saint Louis; Missouri--St. Louis
County
Saint Louis (Mo.);
Type
Photographs
Online Exhibit
http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/mowihsp/index.htm
Contributing Institution
Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine
Copy Request
For information about the reproduction of images and any applicable fees, please contact Becker Medical Library Archives and Rare Books at 314-362-4236 or arb@wusm.wustl.edu.
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