A Collection of Medical Medals

Pierre Janet, 1935, a bronze medal by Kouneff, bespectacled bust left, rev. facade of the hospital, 68mm; Felix Jayle, 1936, a bronze medal by F. de Herain for Arthus-Bertrand, bust right wearing pince-nez, rev. Venus de Milo, legend around, 80mm (cf. DNW 35, 593); Justin Jolly, 1941, a bronze plaque by G. N. Rispal, bust right, rev. portico, 70 x 52mm; Inspecteur-General Joubert, 3rd International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy, 1925, a bronze plaque by H. Dropsy, bust right wearing uniform and cap, rev. façade of hospital Val-de-Grace, 72 x 47mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –); Émile Jungfleisch, 1910, a bronze plaque by P. Richer, bust left, rev. naked female figure of Science presenting a laurel wreath to Jungfleisch, who stands next to his chemical apparatus, 70 x 50mm (PBE 799; BDM VIII, 358; cf. DNW 48, 849) [5]. Extremely fine or nearly so (£100-140)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medical Medals.

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Pierre Janet (1859-1947), professor, Collège de France, and psychologist; Felix-Léon Jayle, gynaecologist; Justin-Marie Jolly (b.1870), physician; Émile-Clément Jungfleisch (1839-1916), eminent French pharmacist – the plaque commemorates his election to the Académie des Sciences in 1909