Commemorative badges and lapel pins were commonly distributed to attendees of the AMA meetings from the 1880s. These items were worn by members at the 1906 meeting in Boston. The badge depicts the goddess Hygeia offering a drinking vessel with a serpent entwined around her arm. Commemorative badge from the 1906 meeting of the American Medical Association
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From the Storer Memorial Collection of Medical Medals of the Boston Medical Library