{"id":3203,"date":"2011-08-14T16:06:44","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T20:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/dukelibrariesrbmscl\/?p=3203"},"modified":"2011-10-19T11:02:27","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T15:02:27","slug":"decorating-the-rbmscl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/2011\/08\/14\/decorating-the-rbmscl\/","title":{"rendered":"Decorating the RBMSCL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Along with print items, manuscripts, and artifacts, the <a href=\"http:\/\/library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/history-of-medicine\/index.html\">History of Medicine Collections<\/a> include works of art. On Friday, thanks to Peter Geoffrion, three pieces of artwork were hung in the RBMSCL.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2011\/08\/picture_hanging_meyer-blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3205\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2011\/08\/picture_hanging_meyer-blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2011\/08\/picture_hanging_meyer-blog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2011\/08\/picture_hanging_meyer-blog-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the RBMSCL&#8217;s reading room, we now have a portrait of Hans Horst Meyer, a German physician and pioneer in anesthesia. The portrait was a gift from his grandson, Professor J. Horst Meyer, Fritz London Professor Emeritus of Physics here at Duke University.<\/p>\n<p>In the Trent Room (part of the Mary Duke Biddle Rare Book Room), a portrait of Valentine Mott and a framed ivory skeleton sculpture, or <em>Memento Mori<\/em>, were hung.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2011\/08\/picture_hanging_mm-blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3209\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2011\/08\/picture_hanging_mm-blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2011\/08\/picture_hanging_mm-blog.jpg 332w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2011\/08\/picture_hanging_mm-blog-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Memento Mori<\/em> piece is one of the most exquisite items in the History of Medicine Collections. A gift of Mrs. Mary D. B. T. Semans from the collection of her late husband, Dr. Josiah Charles Trent, this sculpture is carved from a single piece of ivory. Reminiscent of the illustrations from the famed Vesalius anatomical work, <em>De Fabrica<\/em> (1543), <em>Memento Mori<\/em> displays a variety of material goods splayed at the feet of the skeleton. Looking at this, one is reminded, that in the end, we\u2019re all mere mortals.<\/p>\n<p><em>Post contributed by Rachel Ingold, Curator for the History of Medicine Collections.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Along with print items, manuscripts, and artifacts, the History of Medicine Collections include works of art. On Friday, thanks to Peter Geoffrion, three pieces of artwork were hung in the RBMSCL. In the RBMSCL&#8217;s reading room, we now have a portrait of Hans Horst Meyer, a German physician and pioneer in anesthesia. The portrait was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/2011\/08\/14\/decorating-the-rbmscl\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Decorating the RBMSCL<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,83,30],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-our-collections","category-history-of-medicine","category-rl-photos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Decorating the RBMSCL - The Devil&#039;s Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/2011\/08\/14\/decorating-the-rbmscl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Decorating the RBMSCL - The Devil&#039;s Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Along with print items, manuscripts, and artifacts, the History of Medicine Collections include works of art. 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