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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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The workes of that famous chirurgion Ambrose Parey
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
The William H. Helfand Collection contains more than 7,000 European and American prints and ephemera relating to health professions including medical, dental, and mental wellness. The materials date from the 1490s to the early 21st century and contain many social and political cartoons that satirize health practices and practitioners. Noted illustrators represented include French artists Honore Daumier, Gustave Dore, J. J. Grandville, and Emile Vernier; British caricaturists Thomas Rowlandson, George Cruikshank, and James Gillray; and the American cartoonist Thomas Nast.
priHEL
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637663
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Manuscripts
The document is a receipt or agreement of payment from a "Maître François de Vigny" to Ambroise Paré. The document is in French. Included with the document is two other items: catalog page about the document and accompanying note presenting the document to the Library of the Los Angeles County Medical Association by the Los Angeles Society of Internal Medicine, Los Angeles Academy of Medicine, Los Angeles Surgical Society and the Barlow Society for the History of Medicine to honor the memory of Dr. George Dock, 1952, April 3.
mssHM 74855
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623148
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623150