Bronze Commemorative Medal, John Friend (1675-1728)
Obverse: Left-side bust of Freind with with the inscription, IOANNES. FREIND. COLL. MED. LOND. ET. REG. S.S. (John Freind, London College of Medicine and Royal S.S). Signed: SV
Reverse: Old practice of medicine (Theorizing) joined with modern practice (experimenting) with the inscription, MEDICINA. VETVS. ET. NOVA. (The Art of Healing, Old and New). Below VNAM FACIMVS VTRAMQVE (let us practice one and the other) (Dia.57mm)

PROVENANCE:
Collection Late Kenneth F. Russell (1911-1987), Professor of Anatomy and Medical History, University of Melbourne.

Estimate $80-150