Our Tree of Hippocrates,

"large enough to withstand our Utah climate on its own"

By Peter Strohmeyer

Intro

tree of hippocrates silouette whiteIn front of the library, south-west corner, is an oriental plane tree.
It is not an ordinary plane tree, it is a direct descendant of the original Tree of Hippocrates.

Location

South-West Corner

40.769537, -111.834692

Dedication

May 28, 1975
Hippocrates Tree Dedication Speech
by Priscilla M. Mayden, Director,
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library

Excerpt:

There is a traditional story concerning Hippocrates, his life and teaching, which persists to the present day in a tangible form, remarkable because it is a living link between that distant past and the present. This link is the Tree of Hippocrates…

At last we do have our Tree of Hippocrates, large enough to withstand our Utah climate on its own.

We are planting it today at the southwest corner of this building and dedicating it to the teaching of all health science students on this campus in the hippocratic tradition.

Read the full Hippocrates Tree Dedication Speech

Timeline

2021

EHSL Tree of Hippocrates, 1975-2021. Post Digital Photography and illustration by Peter Strohmeyer

EHSL Tree of Hippocrates, 1975-2021. Post Digital Photography and illustration by Peter Strohmeyer


 

Leaf of Hippocrates (Logo circa 1973)
Leaf of Hippocrates logo circa 1973, Julian Maack, Director of the Department of Medical Illustration, University of Utah  School of Medicine
EHSL Leaf of Hippocrates logo emboss on lecture ticket, circa 1975
Invitation Tickets for a lecture on the “History of Hematology” by Dr. Maxwell M. Wintrobe. Embossed Tree of Hippocrates Leaf logo. Circa 1975.

 

EHSL Leaf of Hippocrates logo sticker on file folder
Leaf of Hippocrates logo emboss on file folder
Leaf of Hippocrates, originally colorized by Derek Cowan, digitized by Peter Strohmeyer in 2019
Leaf of Hippocrates, colorized by Derek Cowan. Digitized by Peter Strohmeyer in 2019.

Digital Leaf

EHSL Plane Tree Leaf Geometry Diagrams
EHSL Plane tree leaf with geometric diagrams overlay

Anatomy of an icon
Diagram: The origin of each design element composed in the EHSL Digital Leaf icon.

EHSL Digital Leaf, 2018 by Peter Strohmeyer
EHSL Digital Leaf, 2018 by Peter Strohmeyer

Resources

EHSL Digital Publishing, History of the Health Sciences
library.med.utah.edu/publishing

Collections
Priscilla M. Mayden, M.L.S. Digital Exhibition
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library History: Part Two

Web
Miles C. Labrum, 1918-2007 Obituary
Dr. Maxwell M. Wintrobe
1961 Greek Ambassador’s Presentation, YouTube
National Library of Medicine Archive, Tree of Hippocrates
Tree of Hippocrates Clone Planted in Front of National Library of Medicine
History of the Tree of Hippocrates on the NIH Campus
The Tree of Hippocrates, Landmarks – Allen Browne
George Julian Maack, 1926-2009 Obituary

Documents
Priscilla M. Mayden Tree of Hippocrates Dedication Speech

Open-source
Timeline JS
WordPress

Image Credits
Cover photo, Peter Strohmeyer
Campus Map, University of Utah
Aerial Map, Google
Hippocrates Teaching, Creator: Wellcome Library, London
1959 Postage Stamp, NIH
Frank B. Rogers, source Allen Browne
Hippocrates Plaque, Peter Strohmeyer
2021 Tree of Hippocrates, Peter Strohmeyer
Hippocrates Leaf, George Julian Maack
Hippocrates Leaf, colorized, Derek Cowan
Digital Leaf, Peter Strohmeyer

Video Credits
Dedication Ceremony, NLM archive and hosted on YouTube

Credits

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publication date
March 1, 2021