Conspicuous Service To Humanity Medal, American Medical Association, New York City, 1916
date: label: date made
content: 1916
label: associated dates
content: 1916 01 01+ / 1916 01 01+, 1916 12 31- / 1916 12 31-
label: associated dates
content: 1916 01 01+ / 1916 01 01+, 1916 12 31- / 1916 12 31-
notes: label: Description
content: The obverse of this medal has a goddess with shield and caduceus, and “CONFERRED BY / AMERICAN MEDICINE / NEW YORK CITY / 1916.” The reverse has book with lamp and “FREDERICK M. ALLEN / FOR CONSPICUOUS SERVICE / TO / HUMANITY / ‘A TRUE PHYSICIAN’.” Frederick Madison Allen (1879-1964) was an American physician who recommended a carbohydrate-restricted low-calorie diet for sufferers of diabetes mellitus.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Frederick Allen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.260034.04
label: accession number
content: 260034
label: catalog number
content: 260034.04
label: catalog number
content: 260034.04.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Case
label: Object Name
content: award, medal
label: Other Terms
content: Case; Commemorative and Association
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood(?) (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.5 cm x 7.2 cm x 7.3 cm; 9/16 in x 2 13/16 in x 2 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 2 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 5.08 cm x 7.3025 cm x 7.3025 cm