Medal
date: label: associated dates
content: 1927 01 01+ / 1927 01 01+, 1927 12 31- / 1927 12 31-
label: associated dates
content: 1927 01 01+ / 1927 01 01+, 1927 12 31- / 1927 12 31-
name: label: Associated Name
content: Jackson, Chevalier
notes: label: Description
content: The obverse of this medal has a seated woman with caduceus and shield and “AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION / 1927.” The reverse has “SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITION OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION / WASHINGTON” and “Awarded to / Chevalier Jackson / PHILADELPHIA / FOR EXHIBIT SHOWING / Household Accidents / to Children / and / their Prevention.” Chevalier L. Jackson (1865-1958) invented the bronchoscope. His campaign for suitable labels on containers of poisonous or corrosive substances led the U.S. Congress to pass the Federal Caustic Poison Act of 1927.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Exhibit To Assist Study of Diseases Wins Gold Medal,” <i>Washington Post</i> (May 19, 1927), p. 8.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chevalier Jackson Collection, from Ms. Joan Bugby
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.300428.344
label: accession number
content: 300428
label: catalog number
content: 300428.344
label: catalog number
content: 300428.344.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Case
label: Object Name
content: medal case
label: Object Name
content: award, medal
label: Other Terms
content: Case; Medals; Commemorative and Association
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue, navy (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.8 cm x 8.4 cm x 8.2 cm; 11/16 in x 3 5/16 in x 3 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, case: 3 1/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 3/4 in; 8.255 cm x 8.5725 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, medal: 3 in x 1 3/4 in x 1/4 in; 7.62 cm x 4.445 cm x .635 cm