Medal
date: label: associated dates
content: 1810 01 01+ / 1810 01 01+, 1890 12 31- / 1890 12 31-
label: associated dates
content: 1932 01 01+ / 1932 01 01+, 1932 12 31- / 1932 12 31-
label: associated dates
content: 1914 01 01+ / 1914 01 01+, 1914 12 31- / 1914 12 31-
notes: label: Description
content: The obverse of this bronze medal has a portrait bust to left and “HENRY JACOB BIGELOW 1818-1890.” The reverse has “BOSTON SURGICAL SOCIETY FOUNDED 1914” and “AWARDED TO / JOHN M. T. FINNEY / 1932 / FOR / CONTRIBUTIONS / TO THE / ADVANCEMENT OF / SURGERY.” John Miller Turpin Finney (1863-1942) was the chief surgical consultant for the Allied Expeditionary Forces in World War I. He was also a founder and the first president of the American College of Surgeons, and he operated at The Johns Hopkins University Hospital.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.600
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.600
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
label: Other Terms
content: Medal; Commemorative & Association Items
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: .4 cm x 8 cm; x 3/16 in x 3 1/8 in