Four joined blue inked paper American stamps, used, with two sides still having the border; likeness of Harvey Cushing; face value of 0.45 US currency; no watermark; perforation: 11; printing: recess; each stamp: 22 x 25 mm
Four joined blue inked paper American stamps, used, with two sides still having the border; likeness of Harvey Cushing; face value of 0.45 US currency; no watermark; perforation: 11; printing: recess; each stamp: 22 x 25 mm
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.
Harvey Williams Cushing (April 8, 1869 – October 7, 1939) was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman. A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease. He wrote a biography of physician William Osler in three volumes.
Also held many laboratory studies of the nervous system; studied at Yale, Harvard and Johns Hopkins under men like W. S. Halsted and Theodor Kocher