117. Edna H. Tompkins, MD, asst and assoc prof of anatomy 1930-44, studied the attributes of white blood cells.

The collection is a useful resource for photographs and images illustrating the history and development of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Hospital. Arranged chronologically, the book is divided into five chapters which cover the origins and distinct eras of its history. Included in the pictorial narrative are images depicting the College of Medicine of the University of Nashville that began in 1851, the period from 1874-1895 where the University of Nashville and Vanderbilt shared medical departments, the interim period of 1895-1925 when the campus of the medical school was located in downtown Nashville, and 1925 to 1963 when the medical school was reorganized and relocated to be on the campus of Vanderbilt University.