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- Description
- The obverse of this medal has a goddess with shield and caduceus, and “CONFERRED BY / AMERICAN MEDICINE / NEW YORK CITY / 1916.” The reverse has book with lamp and “FREDERICK M. ALLEN / FOR CONSPICUOUS SERVICE / TO / HUMANITY / ‘A TRUE PHYSICIAN’.” Frederick Madison Allen (1879-1964) was an American physician who recommended a carbohydrate-restricted low-calorie diet for sufferers of diabetes mellitus.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Case
- award, medal
- Other Terms
- Case; Commemorative and Association
- date made
- 1916
- associated dates
- 1916 01 01+ / 1916 01 01+, 1916 12 31- / 1916 12 31-
- 1916 01 01+ / 1916 01 01+, 1916 12 31- / 1916 12 31-
- associated place
- United States
- Physical Description
- leather (overall material)
- fabric, velvet (overall material)
- fabric, silk (overall material)
- wood(?) (overall material)
- brown (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- purple (overall color)
- metal, gold (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1.5 cm x 7.2 cm x 7.3 cm; 9/16 in x 2 13/16 in x 2 7/8 in
- overall: 2 in x 2 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 5.08 cm x 7.3025 cm x 7.3025 cm
- ID Number
- MG.260034.04
- accession number
- 260034
- catalog number
- 260034.04
- 260034.04.02
- Credit Line
- Mrs. Frederick Allen
- subject
- Medicine
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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