Legal Medical Historical
Large - Heavy - Book-ends
These book stops stop books
Price and order information at the bottom of this page.
6 in by 10 in high and 5 in deep - 22 pounds a pair.
Finishes in copper on black, ruby red on black, dark metallic blue on
black, and gold antiqued.
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| Hippocrates, about 2400 years ago, formed principles for the development
of modern medicine in the 1800's. He said, "Life is short and the Art long,
the occasion fleeting, experience fallacious, and judgment difficult,"
He believed in investigating and applying logic to medicine. "Our natures
are the physicians of our diseases." He paid close attention to peoples habits.
Tried to avoid drugs but tested them if they were necessary. Barley gruel
was giving to the sick, vinegar and honey for pain, water and honey for thirst.
He set fractures and performed surgery as a last resort ("Extreme remedies
are very appropriate for extreme diseases."). The cure was his goal, he said
"for where there is the love of man, there is also love of the art". He lived
mostly on the Greek island of Cos, but was independent of the hospitals under
the priests of Aesculapius, god of medicine. Click here
for the text of the Hippocratic Oath. |
| Aesculapius was the Greek and Roman mythological god of healing. He
was the son of Apollo and Coronis. His skills as the 'first physician" grew
to the ability to restore the dead to life. Jupiter (Zeus), urged by Pluto,
destroyed Aesculapius and put him in the stars. The Aesculapian Wand was
a staff entwined by a serpent. The serpent represented health since it could
shed its skin and look young again. (Some refer to the snake as the
spinal column or even the double helix.) |
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| The British parents of Florence Nightingale were traveling when she
was born. In fact, they were in Florence, Italy on May 12, 1820, hence, Florence
Nightingale. Her sister was named Parthenope. Her mother taught them social
graces. Her father schooled them at home in mathematics, philosophy, Greek,
and Latin. The sisters were presented to Queen Victoria and British society,
but Florence knew she would devote her life in the service of others. She
studied in France and Germany and though her family had objected to her hospital
work, she became superintendent of a woman's hospital in London.
Her work in the crimean war changed hospital administration and nursing
throughout the world. She walked four miles of the Turkish barrack halls
at night, carrying a lamp to check on the sick soldiers. They called her
the "Lady with the Lamp". Upon her return to London, she immediately
founded the Nightingale Home for Nurses. |
| Shortly after the American Civil War began, Clara Barton helped the
wounded men on the battlefields and brought them supplies. She became known
as "The Angel of the Battlefield". Finally, in 1864 she was appointed as
superintendent of nurses for the Army of the James.
A few years later she founded the American Red Cross and held the role
of president for over 20 years. She was responsible for expanding Red
Cross work into areas of disasters such as Florida's 1877 Yellow-fever epidemic
and the 1889 Jamestown, PA flood. She organized relief for the Russian and
Armenian famines and the 1900 Galveston flood.
Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821, near Oxford Mass. She became
the first woman clerk in the U. S. Patent office in 1854. She wrote several
books including "The Red Cross in Peace and War". |
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| Hammurabi, sixth king of the First Dynasty of the Babylonian Empire,
was a great military and political leader. The code of Hammurabi included
regulations on loans, business, military service, taxes, wages, trade, and
family concerns. The code stressed individual rights and that the
"strong shall not injure the weak". Almost 300 laws were carved in
stone for all to see! |
| Shamash, the sun god and patron of justice, gives Hammurabi authority
shown in the relief above the Code of Hammurabi. Hammurabi is standing before
Shamash. |
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| The Aesculapian Wand is described above with Hippocrates. |
The Eye of Horus shows the evolution of the symbol of the eye to the
present day symbol Rx of recovery. The legend as shown on the book-ends is
as follows:
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EYE OF HORUS - A 5000 year old Egyptian legend - The child Horus lost
his sight when he was attacked by the evil Seth. Isis, mother of Horus, had
the Scribe ,Troth, to restore the eye, which became a symbol of recovery.
During the middle ages, 4 , symbol of jupiter represented the eye. It slowly
changed to Rx our modern symbol of recovery. |
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These big book-ends for professionals will hold notebooks, folders,
periodicals, and heavy or tall books. 22 pounds a pair and 10 inches tall
(6 inches wide by 5 inches deep). They are made from a solid mineral aggregate
with a choice of finishes; copper on black, ruby red on black, dark metallic
blue on black, or gold antiqued. These extraordinary book-ends are only $48
a pair postpaid. (Tennessee residents add 8.25% sales tax.) Send check to:
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