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The picture of health : images of medicine and pharmacy from the William H. Helfand Collection / commentaries by William H. Helfand ; essays by Patricia Eckert Boyer, Judith Wechsler, and Maurice Rickards.

Fine Arts Library N8223 .H44 1991
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University Archives UPP98 G619 1991
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Helfand, William H.
Contributor:
Boyer, Patricia Eckert.
Wechsler, Judith, 1940-
Rickards, Maurice, 1919-1998.
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Merck & Co.
Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Helfand, William H.
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Medicine and art--Exhibitions.
Medicine and art.
Pharmacy in art--Exhibitions.
Pharmacy in art.
Art--Exhibitions.
Art.
Helfand, William H--Art collections--Exhibitions.
Art--Private collections--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Exhibitions.
Philadelphia Museum of Art--Exhibitions.
Medicine in art--Exhibitions.
Medicine in art.
Art--Private collections.
Art museums.
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Genre:
Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:
144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Philadelphia Museum of Art : Distributed by the University of Pennsylvania Press, [1991]
Summary:
The Picture of Health presents posters, caricatures, and a printed ephemera that document the public perception of the medical and pharmaceutical professions from the eighteenth century to the present.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 142) and index.
"This exhibition and catalogue are made possible by a grant from Merck & Co., Inc., in honor of its centennial."
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Gift: Merck & Co., 1991.
ISBN:
081227962X
0876330871
OCLC:
23869192

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