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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Caption: Tree of Hippocrates Planted 1961
Additional Description: Frank B. Rogers,the first director of the NLM shovels ceremonial dirt on the newly planted tree of Hippocrates. The Greek Ambassador, Alexis Liatis, presented the small tree to the National Library of Medicine when its new building was dedicated on December 14, 1961. (NLM photo)
Submitted: January 31, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p232650
File Size: 1.174 Megabytes

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