This is to certify that [blank] has attended [blank] course[s] on practical anatomy in the University of Pennsylvania during the winter[s] of [blank]. [Blank], Professor of Anatomy. [Blank], Demonstrator. [graphic] / A. Bigot, del., Phila.
Title
This is to certify that [blank] has attended [blank] course[s] on practical anatomy in the University of Pennsylvania during the winter[s] of [blank]. [Blank], Professor of Anatomy. [Blank], Demonstrator
Description
Course certificate from the University of Pennsylvania containing a portrait of the physician and founder of modern human anatomy, Andreas Vesalius, above the text. Vesalius stands and places his left hand on the arm of the corpse of a man laid on the table in the right. His right hand moves to grasp a scalpel on the table in the left. Books and papers, surgical instruments, and a human skull are visible around the room. A crucifix hangs on the wall., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Completed in manuscript to J.B. McAlister for two courses during the winters of “84-85=85-86” and signed by Joseph Leidy, M.D., Professor of Anatomy and John B. Deaver, M.D., Demonstrator., Image caption: Vesalius., Gift of David Doret.
Creator
Bigot, Alphonse, approximately 1828-1872 or 1873, artist
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.64.37]