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Andreas Vesalius.

Vesalius De humani corpus fabrica [1543]

With De humani corporis fabrica, published when he was only twenty-nine years old, Vesalius revolutionized not only the science of anatomy but how it was taught. More

Historical Images

Lane historical collections include numerous photographs and images of people including:

  • Medical class photos, 1871-1944
  • Nursing class photos, 1905-1974
  • Portraits of individuals attached to Stanford School of Medicine and the predecessor schools
  • Notable individuals in the history of medicine

In addition the collections include historical photos of the building interiors and exteriors as well as other facilities of Stanford School of Medicine and the predecessor schools. The collections also include photo files maintained by the Office of Public Affairs and the Office of Communication since 1959.

Adolf Meyer
Adolf Meyer (1866-1950), sometimes called the dean of American psychiatry, developed a school of psychiatry called psychobiology, stressing the need to consider all facets of a person's experience and physical state in determining the cause of psychological or psychiatric manifestations.
 Richard Owen
Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892) was a British comparative anatomist and paleontologist as well as a leading antievolutionist.
 Sir Bhagvat Sinhgee
Sir Bhagvat Sinhgee(1865-1944) is the author of A Short History of Aryan Medical Science which describes past Hindu medical practices.

The Stanford School of Medicine class of 1929 was comprised of 48 graduates. Notable among them are Edward Merchant Butt who served as chief pathologist in Los Angeles County Hospital, Paul Edward Hoffman who joined the Stanford faculty in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sadie Dernham Patek who was a clinical instructor of medicine, also at Stanford, and Madge Peirsol who opened a private practice with classmate Margaret Eakin. Another member of the class, Eric Guy Liliencrantz became a Navy flyer interested in the medical problems of aviation; he was killed in 1942 a plane crash while engaged in war research.
Dr. Beasley smiling with his mates and raising a cup in salute in a captured German trench during World War I.
From left to right: First Lt. J.L. Cammell, US Hdqrs, staff 3rd Art. Brig, 3rd Div., Capt. R.L. Coe, 76th Field Art., 3rd Div., First Lt. A.G. Montgomery, 76th Field Art., 3rd Div., Major S.O. Beasley, Surgeon USMRC, 76th Field Art., 3rd Div., First Lt., D.R. Peacock, ex-senator from Georgia, 75th Field Art., 3rd Div.; Nonsard, France, September 13, 1918
Shadsworth O. Beasley (Cooper Medical College 1897) with fellow officers occupying captured German quarters in Bois de Nonsard, France. Beasley, Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, was the only member of the Stanford Medical Faculty to be killed during the war.
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