
Figure 1
Michael E. DeBakey, MD, standing, second from right, among the honorary consultants to the Army Medical Library, 1950. Courtesy National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.

Figure 2
Michael E. DeBakey, MD, standing, fourth from right, at the first meeting of the National Library of Medicine’s Board of Regents, during which one of the primary agenda items was determining a new permanent location of the library. Courtesy National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.

Figure 3
Michael E. DeBakey, MD, on the occasion of his 90th birthday in 1998, holding an object that represented his solid and enduring appreciation of the library: a brick from its previous headquarters on Independence Avenue in Washington, DC. Courtesy National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.

Figure 4
2016-2021 National Library of Medicine Michael E DeBakey Fellows in the History of Medicine. Courtesy National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.