Date	03/26/1913
Description	Silver Trophy ernshape with handles each side. All of trophy has dimple effect. This is engraved with "Bertha Van Hoosen ABMD 25 years medical service - the staff of Mary Thompson Hospital." This was a gift of appreciation for 25 years of service to the Mary Thompson Hospital.
Dimensions	H-8 inches
Event	AMA Meeting in 1934
Material	Sterling silver
Event Details	A speech given by Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen during the meeting to honor Dr. Rosalie Morton, from Petticoat Surgeon, pp 290-291: "I[Bertha] know, because once upon a time, after I had been practicing medicine for twenty-five years, a very dear friend of mine arranged for me just such a dinner; and she, too, bought a loving cup on which were engraved the names of all of my women doctor friends on the hospital staff. I was so proud and happy that I placed the loving cup upon the mantel where its beauty could inspire me every day with the love and loyalty of my friends. Well, the days went by and the years rolled over, and I know not why, but it happened that my loving-cup friends put me off the hospital staff, and I took down the cup. I spat into it, and relegated it to the attic, to collect rust and dust, to be observed by mice, not men. The days went by and the years rolled over, and I know not why, but it happened that my loving-cup friends begged me to go back on the hospital staff, and I went groping into the attic, and found the loving cup. After much polishing it did look pretty, and I could read all the names that had been dimmed by the dust and dirt. I was glad to go back to the hospital, and I restored the loving cup to its place of honor on the mantel. And the days went by, and the years rolled over, and I cannot see whey, but it happened that the dear one who had bought the loving cup for me so long ago, was accused of murder and committed to prison, where she is now languishing. My first impulse was to take the cup from off the mantel, roll it in cotton and hide it away, never to take it out until she was vindicated and restored to honor. Now, I am telling this to Dr. Morton that she may know in advance that loving cups may be full of love, or they may be full of gall and bitterness; but my wish is that hers will let everything, except love, leak through." Additional information about the murder is found in Chapter 22 of Petticoat Surgeon. The friend mentioned is Dr. Lindsay Wynekoop.
Object ID	1980.001.0096
Object Name	Trophy

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