Author: Physicians Art Association
Title: Parergon (from the Greek Word Meaning "Work by the Side of Work")
Description: Evansville, IN, Mead Johnson & Co., 1942. . Paperback. . Unmarked text. Second edition. Rubbed edges.  Catalog of the Physicians Art Association art exhibition held the week of June 8, 1942 at the Atlantic City Medical Center in conjunction with an American Medical Association Meeting. The exhibition included 350 works of art by physician/artists. Includes paintings, sculptures, photographs, and more. 96p. B/W illustrations. Includes a loose pencil drawing of Dr. Louis H. Clerf on a piece 5.5 x 3 inch piece of paper from the Harrower Laboratory, Inc. Now the home of LACC (Los Angeles College of Chiropractic), the Harrower Laboratories were once owned by the movie mogul Cecil B. De Mille. This loose drawing, by Dr. Robert I. Berger, has some bending at the top. Clerf and Berger both were graduates of Jefferson Medical College.. . . Good

Keywords: AMA, Art and Medicine, Art History, Science, History of Science, Harrower Laboratories, Cecil De Mille, History of Medicine, Louis H. Clerf, Robert I. Berger, Drawing, Printmaking


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