Organization Type: Library Address: 12, rue de l´Ecole de Médecine Cedex 06 City: Paris Zip / Postal Code: 75270 Country: France Telephone Number: +33 (0) 1 76 53 19 51 Fax Number: +33 (0) 1 44 41 10 20 Abstract: Founded in 1795, the library holds a collection of old and rare books, dating back to the Middle Ages. The library also runs digitization programs in the history of medicine. These programs include a Hippocratic collection; Galen’s works; 19th century dissertations of the medical school of Paris and many other electronic documents; web sites of learned societies. 2.2 M pages as of March 2011. SERVICES: reference assistance in person, by phone, mail, fax, and e-mail; in-house photocopying allowed depending upon the document; photocopies, photographs, microforms, and digitized reproductions for interlibrary loan purposes. Holdings: Incunabula: 100; 16th century: 3,000 titles; 17th century: 6,000 titles; 18th century: 12,000 titles; 19th century: 40,000 titles. Manuscripts: 800; journals: 20,000 titles. Total holdings: more than 100,000 volumes. Noteworthy: many editio princeps (first printed editions of manuscripts); "Les Commentaires" of the medical school of Paris (1395-1786; 24 volumes in folio); Parisian medical dissertations from the 16th century. The Academic Medical Library of Paris (BIUM) has published eight series of full-text accessible electronic editions: Corpus of Ancient Physicians (Hippocrates, Galen, Oribase, Rufus of Ephesus et al.), Sources of Medical Specialties (Anatomy, ORL, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Odontology, Psychology, etc.), References (19th century medical dictionaries, Eponymic diseases, journals), History of Medicine and Paris Medical School, Epidemics and diseases (melancholy, plague, migraine), Medieval medicine, Physicians and scientists (Claude Bernard, Bichat, Marey, Orfila, Vesalius, Vicq d'Azyr et al.), and Varia (Paris Medical School dissertations, Bailliere Publishing Co., Printed catalogues of surgical and dental instruments, History of women's entrance into medicine). Virtual exhibits are accessible as well (WWI smashed faces, Boccone's Herbals, Monsters from the Renaissance up to the XVIIth century, A. Paré's works, Jules Cloquet's travel journal, P Fauchard's works). Medical images databank: (200,000 portraits and various illustrations as of September, 2015). Contact Name, Title: Guy P. Cobolet, Director Contact Telephone Number: +33 (0) 1 76 53 19 51 Contact Email Address: guy.cobolet@biusante.parisdescartes.fr Web Site: https://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/histoire/index.php Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Botany, History of Dermatology [show all 11] Organization Type: Archive, Library Address: 16, rue Bonaparte City: Paris Zip / Postal Code: 75006 Country: France Telephone Number: (0) 1 46 34 60 70 Fax Number: +33 (0) 1 43 25 84 14 Abstract: Founded in 1820, the Academy holds, through its library, a collection of rare and ancient books, including more than a hundred of medical incunabula. The library also holds very important archival collections from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. In addition, the library keeps paintings, sculptures and medals from the academic life throughout the 19th and the 20th centuries. It also has a iconographic collection whose digitalized views can be seen in the image bank of the Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de Santé of Paris. We respond to reference inquires and provide copies in the case of Interlibrary Loan requests. Holdings: Incunabula: 113. Total holdings: more than 100,000 volumes. Archives and manuscripts : private papers from physicians, archives of institutions : Société royale de médecine, Académie royale de chirurgie, Académie de médecine, Comité central de vaccine, Société de l'école de médecine de Paris, etc. Contact Name, Title: Jérôme Van Wijland, Director Contact Telephone Number: +33 (0) 1 46 34 60 70 Contact Email Address: jerome.van-wijland@academie-medecine.fr Web Site: http://www.academie-medecine.fr Collection Subject Strengths: History of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, History of Gynecology and Obstetrics, History of Inoculation Vaccination and Immunization [show all 7]
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