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Displays	Anders Retzius silver medal Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Object numberRCSSC/M 168 CollectionSpecial collections CategoryCoins and medals Object nameMedals TitleAnders Retzius silver medal DescriptionAnders Retzius silver medal of the Swedish Society of Internal Medicine, by A Lindberg, 1950. Obverse: Portrait of Andreas Retzius, profile to left. Reverse: An arrangement with olive branches, a skull, a book, and a serpent, above an inscribed plaque attached to a wall. Anders Retzius (1796-1860) was a Swedish anatomist and anthropologist, best known for his pioneering work on craniolometry - measuring the skull as a means of establishing the characteristics of human fossil remains. Awarded to Leonard Colebrook. Production date 1950 Artist‎ Lindberg, A, fl 1950s, medallist Sitter/subject Retzius, Anders Adolf, 1796-1860, anatomist, anthropologist Owner/user Colebrook, Leonard, 1883-1967, surgeon Associated institution Swedish Society of Internal Medicine presented Colebrook, Vera, donor to museum (1983) Physical Location LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions Physical Information Physical descriptionCircular silver medal, in blue case, 10.5cm by 10.5cm by 1.1cm. ANDREAS RETZIUS NAT MDCCXCVI MORT MDCCCLXA. LINDBERGLEONARD COLEBROOKMJV SILVER 1950INVESTIGATORI NATURAE / SAGACISSIMO / EXAMIAE ARTIS PROFESSORI / SOCIO SUO MERITISSIMO / SOCIO SUO MERITISSIMO / SOCIETAS MEDICORUM SUECANA / MDCCCLXXXXVIA. LINDBERGSVENSKA / LAKARESALLSKAPET / AT LEONARD COLEBROOK Dimensions Medal diameter: 68 mm

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Object numberRCSSC/M 168

CollectionSpecial collections

CategoryCoins and medals

Object nameMedals

TitleAnders Retzius silver medal

DescriptionAnders Retzius silver medal of the Swedish Society of Internal Medicine, by A Lindberg, 1950. Obverse: Portrait of Andreas Retzius, profile to left. Reverse: An arrangement with olive branches, a skull, a book, and a serpent, above an inscribed plaque attached to a wall. Anders Retzius (1796-1860) was a Swedish anatomist and anthropologist, best known for his pioneering work on craniolometry - measuring the skull as a means of establishing the characteristics of human fossil remains. Awarded to Leonard Colebrook.

Production date 1950

Artist‎

Lindberg, A, fl 1950s, medallist

Sitter/subject

Retzius, Anders Adolf, 1796-1860, anatomist, anthropologist

Owner/user

Colebrook, Leonard, 1883-1967, surgeon

Associated institution

Swedish Society of Internal Medicine

presented

Colebrook, Vera, donor to museum (1983)

Physical Location

LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions

Physical Information

Physical descriptionCircular silver medal, in blue case, 10.5cm by 10.5cm by 1.1cm.

ANDREAS RETZIUS NAT MDCCXCVI MORT MDCCCLXA. LINDBERGLEONARD COLEBROOKMJV SILVER 1950INVESTIGATORI NATURAE / SAGACISSIMO / EXAMIAE ARTIS PROFESSORI / SOCIO SUO MERITISSIMO / SOCIO SUO MERITISSIMO / SOCIETAS MEDICORUM SUECANA / MDCCCLXXXXVIA. LINDBERGSVENSKA / LAKARESALLSKAPET / AT LEONARD COLEBROOK

Dimensions

Medal diameter: 68 mm

Anders Retzius silver medal

Physical Location

Physical Information

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