MEDICAL SOCIETY

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HISTORICAL MEDICAL LIBRARY

The page displays a red printed emblem of the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, featuring the Staff of Asclepius—a serpent-entwined rod representing healing—held by two hands emerging from the clouds.

ACCESSION NUMBER A unique identification number assigned to a book when it enters a library's collection to track its acquisition.

PRESS MARK A code or "call number" used by a library to indicate exactly where a book is located on its shelves.

ALBERT THE GREAT original: "ALBERTUS MAGNUS." Albert the Great (c. 1200–1280) was a renowned German scholar, philosopher, and scientist of the Middle Ages whose works on natural history were widely studied in the medical field.