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Below are helpful links to those interested in the history of all branches of medicine along with sources that may be helpful to artifact collectors and dealers.

Medicine

American Association of the History of Medicine

Medical history topics and references.

http://www.histmed.org/

Anatomical Museum in Basel

This would be a good place to spend some time during your trip to Switzerland.

https://anatomie.unibas.ch/museum/en/

Antichiu Strumenti Medici

This is a wonderful reference site exhibiting the collection of Gianfranco Rocchini

http://www.amber-ambre-inclusions.info/ing-medical__instruments.htm

Antique Spectacles

Dr. David Fleishman's large collection of spectacles and related information.

http://www.antiquespectacles.com/

Berlin Museum of Medical History at the Charité

This is the successor of Rudolf Virchow's Pathological Museum and offers visitors insights into the history of medicine over the last four centuries. The permanent collection currently shows some 750 objects comprising pathological-anatomical wet and dry specimens as well as models and graphics.

http://www.bmm-charite.de/en/index.html

Body Worlds

These specially prepared anatomic models of the recently deceased in various poses are on display around the world.

http://www.koerperwelten.com/de.html

British Columbia Medical Museum

This is a nice and varied collection.

http://www.bcmamedicalmuseum.org/collections

British Science Museum

This is an excellent source of images of medical antiques.

https://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/search/categories/therapeutics

Clendening History of Medicine

This is an excellent source for images related to the history of medicine.

http://clendening.kumc.edu/

Deafness in Disguise

Interesting collection of hearing devices from the collection of Dr. Max. Goldstein.

http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/did/

Dittrick Medical History Center at the Case Western Reserve University

A fabulous resource for anatomic history and medical instruments, located in Cleveland, Ohio.

https://artsci.case.edu/dittrick/museum/

Dream Anatomy at The National Library of Medicine

A good anatomic reference.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/dreamanatomy/da_gallery.html

Duke Universitry Rubenstein Collection

This is a large collection of medical books and manuscripts with a number of medical antiques highlighted by their ivory models. The collection is in an academic setting with regular lectures of interest.

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/history-of-medicine/

EAMHMS

The European Association of Museums of the History of Medical Sciences is an international organization interested in all aspects of medical history, collections, and museums. Regular newsletters notify members of museum events, conferences, publications, and papers. The yearly membership is 30 Euros for individuals.

http://www.eamhms.org

Gothenburg Medical History Museum (Sweden)

The museum is located in a former 19th century hospital with medical wards and instruments on display.

http://www.goteborg.com/en/medicinhistoriska-museet/

Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Yale Medical Library

The Yale Library has several interesting collections, including quite a few OB instruments.

http://library.medicine.yale.edu

Historical Medical Equipment Society

The HMES is comprised of collectors and museum curators in order to promote education and research into the history of surgical instruments, equipment and objects relating to medicine, dentistry and pharmacy. Meetings are held around the UK at various museums, hospitals, or medical schools.

http://www.historicmedequip.org/

Historicmedequip

The HMES is comprised of collectors and museum curators in order to promote education and research into the history of surgical instruments, equipment and objects relating to medicine, dentistry and pharmacy. Meetings are held around the UK at various museums, hospitals or medical schools.

http://www.historicmedequip.org/

History of Medicine online

A nice site for an general overview of medical history.

http://www.priory.com/homol.htm

Hospital Notre-Dame à la Rose in Lessines, Blegium

This museum is in a 13th century hospital with magnificent architecture and medial artifacts to be seen on a visit.

https://www.notredamealarose.be/en/

Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons (London)

The wonderful anatomic collection of Scottish surgeon John Hunter, one of the founders of modern surgery. This is a must see collection for anyone interested in medical history and artifacts.

http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums

International Museum of Surgical Science

Reference material from around the world.

https://www.imss.org/exhibits.htm

International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago

A good reference for the history of surgery.

https://www.imss.org/

La Specola

These are some of the finest wax models ever produced, found in Florence, Italy and should be included in your visit there.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/la-specola

Medical Museum History Australia

There is a good deal of information, but it takes a while to navigate through to see the instruments.

https://medicalhistorymuseum.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/collections

Medizinhistorisches Museum

A varied private collection.

http://www.kugener.com/index.php?show=0

Morbid Anatomy

This is an excellent resource for medical museums around the world.

http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/

Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine (Paris)

This is a must see to those interested in medical antiques during a visit to Paris. To be seen here is a large collection of some of the finest medical antiques in the world.

http://www.parisdescartes.fr/CULTURE/Musee-d-Histoire-de-la-Medecine

Museo Storico Nazionale dell'Arte Sanitaria, Rome

This is a large museum in Rome with collections that include pharmaceutical, anatomical, and some medical items of interest.

http://www.museiscientificiroma.eu/artesanitaria/sale.htm

Museu d'Història de la Medicina de Catalunya

This museum is connected with the medical school in Barcelona. There are interesting exhibits on display here for visitors.

http://www.museudelamedicina.cat/index.html

Museum of Historical Medical Artifacts

An online collections of well over a thousand photos of objects representing a wide range of medical practice and craftsmanship.

http://www.mohma.org/

Museum of the History of Science

One of the finest collections of medical and scientific instruments in the world.

http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/about/virtual-tour/#

Museum of the Hospital of Toulouse

A large collection of interesting medical and pharmaceutical artifacts.

http://www.chu-toulouse.fr/-musees-de-l-hotel-dieu-saint-jacques-

Museums of Health & Medicine (in London)

This is a helpful guide to the many medical museums in London.

http://www.medicalmuseums.org/

Mutter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia

An excellent resource for the history of medicine and a great visit to see the anatomic collection. The Mutter just added this fabulous way of viewing their collection: http://www.memento.muttermuseum.org

http://www.muttermuseum.org

National Institutes of Health

Publications, articles, and photos from the National Library of Medicine.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov

National Library of Medicine

This is another reference for medical images from the National Library of Medicine

http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/luna/servlet/view/all

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

An interesting place to visit in Frederick, Maryland with lots of artifacts and military information.

http://www.civilwarmed.org/

National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM)

Though there are many exhibits related to medicine and health care, this is a fascinating museum primarily dedicated to military medicine beginning with the American Civil War. It is located in Silver Spring, Maryland just outside of Washington, DC and included on display is the bullet fragment that killed President Lincoln.

https://twitter.com/medicalmuseum?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr…

Nursing

This is a wonderful resource created by Emma Reinert for those interested in the history of nursing. The many links to museums and historical collections provide a wealth of information for any review

http://lpntornbridge.org/nursing-history/

Science Society and Picture Library

An excellent reference for images related to the history of medicine.

http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/Index.asp?clientinfo=0&image=&txtkeys1=&btns…

Wellcome Library (images)

Contained here is an extraordinary collection of online images of instruments and illustrations. Here in London is also a large library and museum highlighted by its ceramic collection.

http://wellcomelibrary.org/search-the-catalogues/

Wellcome Library (references)

This link to the Wellcome is for their comprehensive reference section.

http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/node301.html

Wood Library Museum of Anesthesiology

This is an Internet site primarily interested in anesthesiology history and artifacts but there are instruments and articles related to other areas of medicine found here.

http://www.woodlibrarymuseum.org/museum/

X-RAY Information from Emory

A fine review of the history of radiology from Emory University.

http://www.emory.edu/X-RAYS/century.htm

Pharmacy

American Institute of the History of Pharmacy

Topics and good links related top pharmaceutical subjects.

http://www.pharmacy.wisc.edu/aihp/

Antique Bottle Collector's Haven

This site is a major resource for links to bottles for sale and for related information. I would go here first in your search for antique bottles.

http://www.antiquebottles.com

The Collectors Weekly — Pharmacy Antiques

Pharmacy collectibles (also drugstore and apothecary) run the gamut from medicine bottles to scales to 'show globes' — large glass balls used as window displays.

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/pharmacy

The University of Arizona Pharmacy Museum

a pharmacy museum with pictures of show globes and other pharmacy items.

http://www.pharmacy.arizona.edu/centers/history-pharmacy-museum

Dentistry

Association de Sauveguarde du Patrimoine de l'Art Dentaire (ASPAD)

This is a collection of beautiful museum quality dental antiques and furniture.

http://www.bium.univ-paris5.fr/aspad/

Musée Virtuel

This is a wonderful site that contains numerous early dental instruments with a lot of interesting history.

http://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/mvad/debut.php

National Museum of Dentistry

Interesting exhibits on all aspects of the history of dentistry. A good place to visit when you are in Baltimore! (And by the way, this museum is located where I first learned anatomy as a medical student at The University of Maryland, the first dental school in the world.)

http://www.dentalmuseum.org/

Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry

This museum is affiliated with the University of Michigan School of Dentisty in Ann Arbor. The stated purpose is to exhibit and maintain dental artifacts while educating the public on topics related to the history of dentistry.

http://www.dent.umich.edu/sindecuse

Quackery

Dr. Olgierd Lindan's Quackery Collection

We have unfortunately lost Dr. Linden, but his family has retained a lot of his collection and several pieces are for sale on the Internet.

http://www.nolindan.com/lindancollection/lindancollectionmain.html

Museum of Quackery

This is the museum established by Bob McCoy-- lots of information on quack devices and several very good videos with demonstrations.

http://www.museumofquackery.com/index2.htm

Quackwatch

A guide to health fraud and quackery.

http://www.quackwatch.com

The Bakken Library and Museum

One of the largest collections of quack items in the world, and a must visit when in Minneapolis, MN.

http://www.thebakken.org/

The Spark Museum of Electrical Invention

The Spark Museum is directed by John Jenkins and contains a very large collection of electrical devices including early electroststic generators and medical quack devices with interractive exhibits for children of all ages. This is an extraordinarily important collection regarding the history of electricity and communication and the weekend demonstrations should not be missed. The museum is located in Bellingham, Washington about 1 1/2 hours north of Seattle and has regular visiting hours Wed-Sun.

http://www.sparkmuseum.org/

Dealers

1stdibs

This is a site where the occasional rare medical antique can be found. The prices are sometimes high but some of the antiques are one of a kind. Try entering "surgical" in your search.

https://www.1stdibs.com

American Artifacts

a few medical and quack items for sale.

http://www.americanartifacts.com/smma/index.htm

Antik

This is a very nice resource for antique scientific and medical instruments, located in Milan Italy. The site may be translated into several languages and PayPal is accepted.

http://www.antik.it/e-Shop/Strumenti-medici-epoca

Antique Scientific Instrument Fair

This is a wonderful instrument fair that is held in London every six months. The instruments are in diverse fields of science, but there is a significant collection of medical instrumentation for sale.

https://www.facebook.com/events/90-the-fairway-ha4-0sq-hillingdon-slough-united…

Antique Scientifica

Alex Peck is one of the major antique dealers in the world and has one of the more informative sites.

http://antiquescientifica.com/index.htm

Barnebys Internet auction reference

This is an excellent Internet search tool where a large number of auctions from around the world may be followed. You may enter your specific item of interest and you will be notified when it comes up for auction. Free appraisals are included.

http://www.Barnebys.com

Curious Science

David Burns is one of the major medical antique dealers in the world, based in the UK.

http://www.curiousscience.com

eBay

This is an extraordinarily helpful site in finding medical, apothecary, dental, and quack medical items. There are sites for each of these categories with the antique medical site for instruments made prior to 1930. Some are common though occasionally a very rare antique finds its way to this site. There is a great advantage to the bidder who has experience and can pick out that rare bargain.

http://www.ebay.com

Eppursimuove

Ugo Pado is an Italian dealer who specializes in scientific artifacts (surveying, optical, globes, etc) though does handle medical instruments as well.

https://www.fleaglass.com/dealer/eppursimuove/

Fleaglass Dealer's page

This is an excellent resource of dealers, some from England and others from around the world.

http://www.fleaglass.com/index.php?a=28&b=146

Fleaglass medical antiques

This is a list of medical and related antiques from the Fleaglass web site. It is quite extensive and contains many instruments and cased sets from various dealers associated with Fleaglass, many of which have been offered through eBay in the past. There area number of high end offerings here.

https://www.fleaglass.com

Gilali Collectibles

This is a site for the sale of medical and dental instruments.

http://www.gilai.com/topcat_1/Medical-Antiques

Kambeck

Bjorn Kambeck has a number of nice antiques for sale in Germany.

http://www.kambeck.com/

Le Zograscope

Alexandre Piffault offers a fine collection of medical antiques for sale along with books from Paris. Above is his FaceBook page to contact him.

https://www.facebook.com/LeZograscope/

Librairie de Alain Brieux

The bookstore of Alain Brieux contains a large assortment of very fine early medical books, and all for sale. Also available are a number of early French medical antiques, which you can see either by visiting the bookstore in Paris or by subscribing to the store catalogue which is updated 2 or 3 times a year.

http://www.alainbrieux.com/

Madam Talbot's Victorian Lowbrow

This is the very eclectic site of Brennan Dalsgard where one can purchase unusual pharmaceuticals along with strange curiosoties of all types.

http://www.madametalbot.com/

Medical and Dental Antiques

Mike Gordon has been selling high quality medical, dental, and quack antiques for many years. He closed his personal web site and now sells through Fleaglass antiques.

http://www.fleaglass.com/index.php?a=6&b=118

Medical Antiques Online

A small site with an excellent history of stethoscopes by Eric Rackow.

http://www.antiquemed.com/tableofcon.htm

Norman Publishing Company

A fine source for the purchase of antique medical books.

http://www.historyofscience.com/

Obscura Antiques

This is a wonderful antique shop in New York City to visit. Lots of very strange antiques and artifacts, some of which are related to medicine.

http://obscuraantiques.com/

Olgierd Lindan, MD Collection

Unfortunately Olgierd Lindan passed away several years ago and aside from being a close friend, he was an avid collector of quack medical devices. Some of these instruments remain for sale on a web site maintained by his family.

http://www.nolindan.com/lindancollection/lindancollectionmain.html

ProAntic

ProAntic is a large French online antique store with a large diverse inventory but included one can find a number of high quality scientific and medical instruments. The site can be translated into English if requested.

http://www.proantic.com/instruments-scientifiques.php

Ruby Lane

This is a site for medical and scientific items for sale from around the world. Most of the items are commonly found.

https://www.rubylane.com/antiques?cat=Antiques%3AMedical%20%26%20Scientific

Sawbones Antiques

A wide variety of medical dental land apothecary artifacts for sale.

http://sawbonesantiques.com/

Steinmed Antiques

John Gimesh is a retired pediatrician in New York with a large collection of medical antiques for sale at Gettysburg.

http://www.antiquecenter-getty.com

Tesseract

One of the better places to find high quality medical antiques.

http://www.etesseract.com/

The Antique Dispensary

This is a British online market with a broad array of items for sale including apothecary, pottery, and curiosity items.

http://www.theantiquedispensary.co.uk/

The Gemmary

A nice site of medical antiques for sale.

http://www.gemmary.com/

The Nautilus

Alessandro Molinengo has a wonderful variety of medical and dental antiques for sale in Turin, Italy.

https://www.instagram.com/nautilus_antiques/?hl=en

The Radio-Guy

Steve Erenberg has a number of medical items for sale including anatomic models, dental, and quackery devices

http://www.radio-guy.net/

Van Leest Antiques

A wonderful collection of medical, dental, and scientific antiques for sale from Utrecht in The Netherlands.

http://www.vanleestantiques.com

Collectors

A) The Grantham Collection

Mr. Grantham has a very fine collection of destructive instruments.

http://www.granthamcollection.com/

Accoucheur's Antiques

This is a fine reference for those interested in obstetric instruments. The Gapultos collection.

http://www.fcgapultoscollection.com/dobfor.html

All Lancets

This is Tom Yarborough's collection of bleeding instruments. A wonderful site that is a great reference on the subject.

http://www.alllancets.com/

Antique Dental Instruments

A beautiful site from Israel for Dr. Gregory Ribitzky to show his dental collection.

http://dmd.co.il/antiques/big_he.html

Baltic Amber Fossils

Rocchini Dumas is responsible for this extensive and informative site containing a diverse assortment of medical and surgical instruments with quite a lot of historical background.

http://www.amber-ambre-inclusions.info/it-strumenti_medici.htm

Collect Medical Antiques

THIS IS MY SITE -- wonderful antiques with a lot of information for collectors! PLEASE visit my "Wish List" for items I am in search of.

https://mydevfactory.com/~devproject/cma/wishlist

Eye Antiques & Collectibles

A comprehensive look and antiques related to the eye by Gary Edwards in Hawaii. He also has some nice ophthalmic items for sale.

http://www.eyeantiques.com/

Medical Antiques

This is Dr. Doug Arbittier's wonderful site showing his collection and providing information for collectors. He specializes in bleeding devices and cased sets.

https://mydevfactory.com/~devproject/cma

Museum of Antique Dental Instruments

This is the private collection of Dr. Gregory Ribitzky in Israel. It is quite extensive and beautifully presented.

http://www.dmd.co.il/antiques/big.html

Museum of Historical Medical Artifacts

This is the well organized collection of Dr. Donald Blaufox.

http://mohma.org/

Museum Sybodo

A large and varied private collection of medical antiques.

http://www.kugener.com/de/?show=0

O'Brien Healthworks

This is a collection of late nineteenth and early twentieth century devices for measuring BP and pulse.

http://www.bloodpressurehistory.com/

Patrick Sutter

Patrick is a medical history collector from Switzerland and his site contains a number of interesting medical images of early art and instruments, though not described in English.

http://www.medizingeschichte.ch

Phisick Medical Antiques

Dr. Laurie Slater's collection of medical and dental antiques. Included is a wonderful resource page with a lot of information for collectors.

http://www.phisick.com/

Ross Epstein, DDS

Ross is in the private practice of dentistry on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. He is a collector of dental furniture and is one of the leading experts in that field in the United States so if you have a question on dental furniture this is the place to go.

http://www.thecaringdentist.com/contact-us

The Radio Guy

Steve Erenberg has a large site of the very unusual in his collection with a number of items for sale (see the dealer section above). He is particularly interested in finding masks and helmets, radios, anatomic models, electric and quackery devices, models, cars, and microscopes.

http://www.radio-guy.net/

 

The Tizzano Museum

Tony Tizzano is a collector/historian who is at the Cleveland Clinic. He is an Ob/Gyn historian and lecturer who has a fabulous medical antique collection that can be partially seen at his web site. 

http://www.obgynmedicalantiques.com

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