Medal
date: label: date made
content: 1955
notes: label: Description
content: Silver medal issued in 1955, to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the discovery of the Mendelian laws of heredity.The obverse has a portrait bust ¾ left and “XC ANNO VERTENTE A G. MENDEL LECIBVS DETECTIS.” The reverse has a building and “MENDELIANUM GENETICAE INSTITUTUM / ROMAE-MCMLV.” This probably belonged to Chevalier L. Jackson (1865-1958), the American physician who invented the bronchoscope; or perhaps to his son of the same name.
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: Joan Bugbee
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN83548U30
label: catalog number
content: 300428.365
label: accession number
content: 300428
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medallion
label: Other Terms
content: Medallion; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in; .635 cm x 6.0325 cm