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Medical Images: History of Medicine

A guide to the key resources for medical images.

General History of Medicine Images

History of Medicine Division: Exhibitions in the History of Medicine
National Library of Medicine
History of Medicine Division: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
National Library of Medicine
PHDIL: Philadelphia Historical Digital Image Library
Thomas Jefferson University and The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Profiles in Science
National Library of Medicine
Turning the Pages
National Library of Medicine
Wellcome Library Medical Photographic Library
Seeing is Believing-Scientific and Medical Illustrations
New York Public Library

Library Books

The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine
Call Number: R131 .C232 1996
ISBN: 0521442117
Publication Date: 1996
Location: Holman Biotech Commons
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Surgery
Call Number: RD19 .E43 2009
ISBN: 0521896231
Publication Date: 2009
Location: Dental Library

Academic Institutions History of Medicine Images

Antiqua Medicina: From Homer to Vesalius
University of Virginia
Biographies of North Carolina Health Professionals
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digital Clendening
University of Kansas
Digital Image Gallery
Washington University School of Medicine
Digital Projects & Exhibits Online in Medicine and Natural History
University of California, Los Angeles
Digital Resources Library
Oregon Health & Sciences University
Historical Images in Medicine
Duke University
Index of Medieval Medical Images
UCLA
Major Figures in the History of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Medical Pioneers
University of Miami
Portrait Engravings Collection-Physicians and Scientists
Yale University
The William Osler Photo Collection
McGill University

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