Organization Type: Museum Address: History Collections - Kornhauser Health Sciences Library, University of Louisville City: Louisville State Or Province: Kentucky Zip / Postal Code: 40292 Country: United States Telephone Number: 502-852-5775 Fax Number: (502) 852-1631 Abstract: The University of Louisville's Kornhauser Library houses a valuable body of historical manuscripts documenting the evolution of medical training and health care practices in Kentucky during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The holdings include archives of the University of Louisville, School of Medicine from its establishment as the Louisville Medical Institute in 1837. There are also archives of four other Louisville medical colleges absorbed by University of Louisville in 1908 (Hospital College of Medicine, Kentucky School of Medicine, Kentucky University Medical Department, and Louisville Medical College) as well as records of schools of dentistry, nursing, and public health. Records of local and state hospitals, health departments, medical societies and other professional organizations are also preserved. The school records are mainly enrollment registers, catalogs and annual announcements, medical journals published by the schools, faculty articles, lectures and addresses, student notebooks, photographs, and memorabilia such as class tickets and diplomas. The unit also makes available for research the personal papers of Kentucky physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, and health administrators, many of whom have achieved national prominence in their fields. Notable among them are: S. Spafford Ackerly, Charles Caldwell, Daniel Drake, Joel Elkes, Joseph N. and Arthur T. McCormack, Gradie R. Rowntree, R. Glen Spurling, and Lansford P. and David W. Yandell. Medical bibliophile and cardiologist Emmet Field Horine donated his extensive collection of nineteenth century manuscripts and printed primary sources relating to anesthesiology. The library preserves thousands of biographical sketches, reports, notices and articles from nineteenth century newspapers and journals, and other historical manuscripts, which were transcribed by the WPA historical research project, which produced Medicine and its Development in Kentucky (1940). In more than 150 years of operation, the library has amassed a fine collection of rare medical and scientific books and journals, antique medical and dental instruments, and other artifacts. The specially designed Joan Titley Adams History Room contains many volumes from the original medical school library --all acquired before 1850-- and book collections focusing on the history of psychiatry and phrenology. SERVICES: Located on the upper floor of the Kornhauser Health Sciences Library, the History Collections can be consulted Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. with the archivist and special collections curator available on Wednesdays, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. For more information, contact Katherine Burger Johnson, Archivist/Special Collections Curator or Mary K. Becker, Administrative Specialist, University of Louisville, Kentucky 40292, phone: 502-852-5775. Holdings: When the Louisville Medical Institute was founded in 1837, $20,000 was set aside for "books, anatomical specimens, and chemical apparatus," and a comprehensive medical library was established. When LMI became the Medical Department of the University of Louisville in 1846, the Board of Trustees had a catalogue of the holdings prepared and printed, listing a collection of over 3,200 books and journals. In December, 1856 the medical school burned and although many valuable medical books were lost, approximately two-thirds of the library or between 2,000 and 2,500 volumes were saved. These make up the core of the Rare Books Collection at Kornhauser Health Sciences Library. The William E. Gardner Collection is a collection of over 800 publications on the subject of the history of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry. It includes classics in psychiatry beginning with a book on demonology and on witchcraft. There is a copy of Benjamin Rush's first book, Diseases of the Mind, (1812), the first book published in the United States on mental diseases and disorders. With donated money, additional books on child psychiatry have been added to the collection. Emmet Field Horine willed two collections from his vast personal library to the Kornhauser Health Sciences Library. These include publications by and about Charles Caldwell, M. D., and books and journals on phrenology, mesmerism, animal magnetism, the water cure and hypnotism. The Caldwell Collection has over 200 cataloged volumes. The other volumes relate mainly to anesthesia. Of special interest is A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth by William Channing dating to 1848. A noted recent addition to the Kornauser Health Sciences Library is the collection of ophthalmology books belonging to the late Arthur Keeney M. D. The total donation numbered about one thousand monographs, of which about one hundred will be housed in the History Collections. Of note is a bound set of three works by Hiernonymi Fabricii: Aqvapendente de Visione/Voce/Auditu, Venetiis, 1600. Contact Name, Title: Katherine Burger Johnson, Archivist/Curator Contact Telephone Number: (502) 852-5778 Contact Email Address: kbjohnson@louisville.edu Web Site: http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/description/collection/kornhauser/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Health Regulation, History of Medical Education [show all 8] Organization Type: Museum Address: Jozef Guislainstraat 43 City: Gent Zip / Postal Code: B-9000 Country: Belgium Telephone Number: (0)9 216 35 95 Fax Number: Fax: +32 (0)9 216 35 35 Abstract: There are three parts to the collection of the Museum Dr. Guislain. The first part deals with the medical history of psychiatry. The collection illustrates how primitive cultures would attribute madness to the influence of evil spirits and how, in the Middle Ages, people would be exorcised or burnt as witches, and how psychiatry grew into a veritable science in the course of the 19th centuries. The second part consists in a collection of photographs: photographs dating back as far as 1860 and picturing life in a psychiatric institution. They illustrate the history of psychiatry and the radical changes that have taken place. But they also, and more practically, illustrate the way in which people would picture mental patients and people with handicaps in the past and how they picture them today. They should get people to the point where they stop thinking in stereotypes about psychiatric patients. The third part is the outsider art collection. It has developed from a rather modest collection of works produced by people with psychic problems in to an extensive collection of outsider art. This broader term covers the work of people who are active as artists in a very personal and individual way. Holdings: The museum holds a library, over 15,000 titles, specialized in psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalyse, and outsider art; Photographs 19th & 20th century. Outsider art: 20th & 21 century. Contact Name, Title: Annemie Cailliau, Coordinator Contact Telephone Number: +32 (0)9 216 35 95 Contact Email Address: info@museumdrguislain.be Web Site: http://www.museumdrguislain.be Collection Subject Strengths: History of Hospitals, History of Medicine, History of Neurology [show all 7] Organization Type: Library Address: 200 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine City: Pittsburgh State Or Province: Pennsylvania Zip / Postal Code: 15261 Country: United States Telephone Number: 412-648-4162 Fax Number: (412) 648-1929 Abstract: Historical research into all aspects of medicine and health sciences is supported by the primary materials housed in the rare books and special collections and by the secondary materials from the circulating history of medicine collection. They cover the history of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, psychiatry and the allied health sciences. Holdings: The historical collections are comprised of over 20,000 volumes of monographs and journals from 1496 to the present, both primary and secondary sources, covering the fields of medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, and the allied health sciences. The Rodnan Collection on the history of rheumatology is the second largest such collection in the world. The Ravitch history of surgery collection has over 500 titles on the history of hernia repair, from the end of the 16th century until the early 1960s. There are also major collections in the areas of the history of psychiatry, neurology, and public health. Contact Name, Title: Małgorzata Fort, PhD, Digital Resources Development, Head Contact Telephone Number: (412) 648-4162 Contact Email Address: gosia@pitt.edu Web Site: https://www.hsls.pitt.edu/history-of-medicine Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Dentistry, History of Medicine [show all 12] Organization Type: Museum Address: Carlton Gardens, Carlton GPO Box 666E City: Melbourne, Victoria Zip / Postal Code: 3001 Country: Australia Telephone Number: 3 8341 7777 Fax Number: +61 3 8341 7778 Abstract: OVERVIEW: Through research, collection development and documentation, the Medicine in Society collection aims to: Reflect historical and contemporary medicine in the state of Victoria within Australia; Raise awareness of medical practice, past and present; Examine scientific, social and cultural factors which effect our definitions of human identity and human life; and Research historical and contemporary health issues and facilitate their debate. SUMMARY OF COLLECTION: The Medicine in Society collection currently consists of 3,300 objects that broadly outline the changes in medical practice and research in the state of Victoria over the last 150 years. The collection tells stories of medicine and science in the context of social history. It reflects Victorian historical and contemporary medical practice in the context of the health issues and attitudes of its time. Collection Definition: The Medicine in Society collection consists of objects that describe the areas of health, medicine and human biology. The medical collection is diverse; it covers the areas of scientific research, personal and professional instruments of medical practice as well as objects relating to public health and its promotion. The collection sits within the wider Technology collection. Holdings: COLLECTION HISTORY: One of the first medicine-related objects acquired by Museum Victoria in 1916 was an x-ray tube donated by a medical practitioner. The Preventive Medicine Exhibits at the Swanston Walk campus (1949 - 1985) gave a public health focus that was thematic rather than collection-centered. Interestingly, these exhibits demonstrate that Museum Victoria has had a long-term commitment to communicating public health issues. Significant periods of collection growth occurred during 1930-39, 1950-59, and particularly 1980 onwards. In the 1980s the collection was curated by Geoff Holden, Curator of Electronics, and Richard Gillespie, Curator of History of Technology. Much of their collecting was responsive to offers of donation and added many important objects to the collection. The Materials exhibition at Scienceworks included a variety of medical prosthetics. In 1933 it was estimated that the medical collection as it sat under technology had 722 objects, with a variety of other related objects sitting under the primary classification of x-ray equipment and microscopes. In the 1990s the primary aim was to develop exhibitions for the new Mind and Body Gallery at Melbourne Museum, as well as Stayin' Alive for Scienceworks. Significant objects such as the iron-lung machine and a renal dialysis machine were acquired. Active collecting for the exhibition Biotech & Beyond has significantly added to the already established prosthetics collection. The medical ephemera collection provides a snap-shot of Victorian medical campaigns and issues that have been in the public eye in the late 1990s-early 2000. In 2004 the internationally significant Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) collection finally made its home at Museum Victoria. Scope of Existing Collection: The Medical Collection now includes close to 3,300 objects within the wider Technology collection. It ranges from tiny surgical instruments to large items such as an iron lung machine. It takes in items such as dental and surgical instruments, medical ephemera, health campaign paraphernalia, food models, prostheses, pharmacy furniture, medicinal herbs and psychiatric items. They are predominantly objects associated with Western medical culture. The current medical collection categories are: alternative medicine; bacteriology (microbiology, infectious disease); biotechnology; dentistry; dietetics (food models) documentary material; domestic medicine (personal effects, domestic remedies); first aid; medical technology (diagnostics, imaging, microscopy); medicine (clinical, general practise, surgery, reproductive); mental health (psychology, psychiatry) nursing (hospital and nursing equipment); optometry pharmacy (pharmacy and pharmaceuticals) prosthetics; public health and ephemera research (laboratory equipment) veterinary medicine. Medicine-related objects are also found under the following Museum Victoria collection categories: Microscopy; Communications / Hearing Aids and Royal Flying Doctor Service; Trade Literature; Economic Botany collection / medicinals and drugs; Documents and Multimedia / Beckett collection, occupational health, public health; Physics / Electron microscope and x-rays; Psychiatric Services collection Numismatics. Significance of Existing Collection: Museum Victoria's Medical Collection is a collection of both national and international significance. It is not a comprehensive collection, yet it tells many important Australian stories of medicine, medical research and public health that have had, at times, significant international impact. Key objects include: General medical and surgical equipment used by Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop (1950-1990) after the Second World War Sir Edward was a surgeon in the Australian Army during World War Two and his care of soldiers that were taken prisoner by the Japanese to build the Burma-Thailand railway is legendary. After the war, Sir Edward continued to work as a surgeon in Australia, and Asia, in his own indefatigable heroic style. Research equipment and medicinal samples from the internationally significant Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) (1918-1984). The Australian institution, CSL, conducted ground-breaking work in the research and manufacture of medicines for use in public health; these include penicillin, anti-venoms and vaccines. A 19th century wooden medicine chest with compartments containing a range of pharmaceuticals. It has been suggested that the chest was used at sea and may have belonged to a Sea Captain or a Ship's Surgeon. It provides insight into 19th century western medical and pharmaceutical practices of the time, as well as the type of medical services provided during sea travel. A selection of prostheses from the early 20th century to the present; representing those that are worn internally (pacemakers, heart valves) and externally (prosthetic arm and leg). Many have been designed and manufactured in Australia. A range of out-moded 19th century medical equipment including a blood-letting instrument, pill-making slabs and rollers, a powder stretcher and straightjackets. A comprehensive collection of equipment from the Polack dental surgery in Melbourne (1930-1985). It includes teeth-cleaning powders, samples of false teeth, anaesthesia equipment and various dental instruments. A collection of equipment from the Whitehead medical practice in Melbourne (1935-1986). It includes a circumcision clamp, mouth gags and catheters, as well as a variety of gynaecological devices such as uterine curettes, a vaginal speculum, midwifery forceps and douche. A selection of Preventative Medicine Exhibition models from the Science Museum (1940-1960), including a mosquito model for the Malaria exhibit (1949), and models of penicillin growing in a culture dish, antibiotic action against bacterial growth, a house fly and a variety of food models for a display on dietetics. An example of the Australian innovation, the cochlear implant (bionic ear) developed by Graeme Clark. A selection of some of the first lithium-powered pacemakers in the world, developed by Australian scientists at Teletronics and Medtronic. A selection of objects demonstrating contemporary uses of biotechnology in medicine. These include a mounted mini-pig specimen, which has been genetically engineered in the hope that its tissues could be utilised in xenotransplantation. There is also a variety of genetically-engineered biopharmaceuticals such as insulin and genotropin (human growth hormone). The first DNA sequencer used in Australia, the ABI 370 was originally purchased in the late 1980s to sequence malarial genes in order to determine what makes the parasite so pathogenic. This early work may in fact lead to the development of a malaria vaccine, which is currently being trialed. An August 2002 issue of Nature reported that groundbreaking research on a malaria toxin could lead to the development of an effective vaccine for the deadly disease. Contact Name, Title: Dr. Nurin Veis, Senior Curator of Human Biology and Medicine Contact Telephone Number: +61 3 8341 7777 Contact Email Address: nveis@museum.vic.gov.au Web Site: http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Hospitals, History of Medicine, History of Nursing [show all 9] Organization Type: Library Address: Abbott Hall City: Buffalo State Or Province: New York Zip / Postal Code: 14214 Country: United States Telephone Number: 716-829-5737 Fax Number: (716) 829-2211 Abstract: Established in 1972, the Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection contains more than 13,000 volumes of 19th century monographs with particular strength in the areas of obstetrics/gynecology, surgery, dentistry, psychiatry, pharmacology, and oncology. Additional holdings include a collection of more than 500 pre 19th century titles. The Collection also houses several special collections including the Edgar McGuire Historical Medical Instrument Collection that features medical and health sciences instruments and artifacts such as Auzoux anatomical models, microscopes, and a Staffordshire leech jar; a full run of the Buffalo Medical Journal (1846-1919), the Bonnie and Vern Bullough History of Nursing Collection; the Dr. Homer T. Jackson Collection featuring the notebooks and instruments of Dr. Jackson, a late 19th c. upstate New York country doctor; Historical Artifacts from the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; as well as a collection of early 20th c. Medical Newspaper Clippings. Publications: Pre-Nineteenth Century Catalogue of the Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection. Holdings: Pre 19th century: 500+ titles; 19th century: 13,000+ titles. Contact Name, Title: Linda Lohr Contact Telephone Number: (716) 829-5737 Contact Email Address: lalohr@buffalo.edu Web Site: http://library.buffalo.edu/historyofmedicine Collection Subject Strengths: History of Gynecology and Obstetrics, History of Medicine, History of Neurology [show all 8]
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