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Interested in medical antiques? Try some of these websites. If you find any good sites in your travels do let me know and I will add them to the list

 

Collectors & Dealers

 
   
Primarily Medical Collections
Web Site Comment
Medical Antiques Doug Arbittier's extensive website on medical antiques is an education to new and experienced collectors alike
Civil War Surgery Michael Echols gives a fantastic insight into collecting civil war medical antiques
Collect Medical Antiques Bob Greenspan is a nephrologist in Washington with one of the best collection of medical antiques in the world
The Nautilus The Nautilus in Turin by Alessandro Molinengo. The photos give a taste of the special delights in store!
The Grantham Collection A beautifully presented world class collection of rare obstetric destructive instruments
Medical & Dental Antiques Mike Gordon has been collecting for years and has a collection of wonderful, rare and lovely pieces.
Sawbone Antiques A very neat American site by Michael Souders with medical dental and apothecary sections
All Lancets A great site by Tom Yarborough with an amazing collection of lancets and various bleeding instruments
O'Brien Healthworks A world class collection of blood pressure monitoring devices by Uwe Deigel and Prof Eoin O'Brien
Accoucheur's Antiques A fine collection of obstetric antiques and a flagship reference site for these and gynaecological instruments.
Antique Dental instruments A superb dental collection by Dr. Gregory Ribitzky. Written in Hebrew, but the pictures speak for themselves.
Eye Antiques & Collectibles Gary Edwards hosts a comprehensive site with sections on ophthalmoscopes, eye surgery, antique glasses etc.
 Medizinhistorisches Museum An impressive private collection from Luxembourg by Dr. Henri Kugener with informative commentary and useful historical references
Curious Science David Burns is a very experienced collector who has worked with Elisabeth Bennion compiling medical catalogues
Antique Scientifica Alex Peck has an enviable collection of medical antiques  and a depth of knowledge in this field which is respected worldwide.
Medical Antiques Online An exceptional collection of antique stethoscopes and articles detailing their history started by Eric Rackow
CircCentral A great site with a good collection of Jewish circumcision instruments by urologist Bob Meyer
Inhalatorium A super collection of inhalers and asthma therapies by Mark Sanders
Medizinhistorie A great selection of O&G instruments by Prof Gunter Köhler of the University Hospital in Greifswald.
L'art Dentaire A terrific French resource with pictures of rare dental antiques from a variety of collections
Sites with Antique Medical Sections
Web Site Comment
Antichi Strumenti Medici Gianfranco Rocchini's considerable medical collection is a hidden treasure within the main site on Fossil inclusions.
Gilai Collectibles A broad collection of scientific and medical items with a recently revamped web site
Van Leest Antiek Quality 18th and 19th century medical and scientific instruments. Toon Van Leest is based in Utrecht.
Antiquités le Saint Georges A French site which includes a nice medical section amongst a variety of other scientific antiques
Wunderkammer Ray Meyer's site of scientific curiosities, artifacts and ephemera. Good to see an Australian site in the frey!
Radio-Guy An unusual and beautifully presented site with some lovely medical, scientific and quackery instruments.
Kambeck Bjorn Kambeck's German site is good on microscopes and has some appetising medical items in the 'highlights'
Kunstkammer Georg Laue's Kunstkammer in the Munich gallery is a real feast for the eyes. His "Wonder Cabinet" is exquisite
Duncan Robert Antiques Canadian specialists in scientific antiques with a nice medical and apothecary section
Tesseract A lovely site, mostly scientific with high quality pieces. Small but interesting medical section.
The Gemmary A good collection of medical antiques but with a focus towards scientific items (nice lot of adding machines)
MadamTalbot A well presented and engaging Victoriana site with sections on Apothecary and Poisons and good links
Scientific Curiosities A nice section on Anatomical models by Thomas Sandberg
Medical Quackery A fascinating look into the art or science of "Quackery" by Bob McCoy
Ed Welch Antiques Some fine medical and dental pieces for sale
Go-Antiques A large online antique network who have a fair collection of medical items
Fossack and Furkle

This nice collection of medical items is definitely worth a visit

Sure Cure Antiques A new site by Craig and Debbie Maxwell which is strong on Pharmacy Americana
Peter Delehar A longstanding and respected dealer in medical and Scientific antique's from Portobello Rd
Scientific Medical & Mechanical Antiques  A number of scientific and medical items for sale
Scientifica Opticae Mark Hacking has a fine collection of optical scientific and medical antique for sale
Antiquités Scientifiques By Marc André & Marlyse Perret. Mostly scientific antiques with good sections on Medicine and Pharmacy.
   
   

 

Museums

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Museums

UK Based

Science Museum - Science and art of Medicine

London's Museums of Health & Medicine

Hunterian Museum (Royal College of Surgeons England)

Museum of the History of Science (UK)

 

Non UK Based

Dittrick Medical History Center

Indiana Medical History Museum

Medicinhistoriska Museet (Swedish)

Medicinsk-Historisk Museum (University of Copenhagen)

Musée des arts et métiers (French)

Museum of Health Care at Kingston

Museum of Questionable Medical Devices

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

Steno Museum (University of Aarhus)

The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery

American Red Cross Virtual Museum

University of Melbourne Library Medical History Museum

Southern California Medical Museum

 

 

Medical History Images
Dream Anatomy American NLM anatomy site. Start at the gallery then go to intro and work through. Cool site!
Science & Society Picture library Large pictoral database of medical instrumetns
Duke University Medical Images Useful database of medical images
Images from the History of Medicine Useful database of medical images
Index of medieval images Database of medieval non medical images from the UCLA
   
   

 

 
 

History of Medicine and General Sites

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History of Medicine
Wellcome Library Med Hx Nice site with access to a searchable catalogue of Internet sites and resources
Dittrick Medical Hx Center Useful site for history of medicine. Good collection of medical antiques.
History of Health Sciences Excellent resource with numerous links to history of the health sciences web sites
Historyofscience.com Jeremy Norman's fine site sells books, manuscripts and prints on the history of science and medicine.
National Library of Medicine Hx of Medicine with section on digital exhibits
NY Academy of Medicine History of medicine with an interesting collection of medical books
Karolinska Institute A collection of medical history links
Hx of Medicine Learning Medical Rx from ancient Egypt to the modern day
History Of Medicine Online Some interesting articles on the history of medicine
Internet sites More Hx of medicine links
Nat Museum Health & Med Impressive site based in Washington DC
RCP of Philadelphia Royal College of Physicians of Philadelphia with links to the Mutter Museum
Catholic Encyclopedia "Potted" World history of medicine
BBC Medical Hx sites Some nice articles on Victorian medicine

 

Topic Related & General Sites
Morbid Anatomy

Fascinating blog "Surveying the Interstices of Art and Medicine, Death and Culture".

Cabinet of Art & Medicine

A gem! Exploring the 19th century physician photographer, punctuated with beautiful poetry.

Heraldry-Online A great resource by Stephen Plowman for those interested in learning about heraldry
Antique Spectacles An online museum by Dr David Fleishman covering antique visual aids with an excellent collection of articles, links and over 3400 digital images
Deafness in Disguise Items from the CID-Max A. Goldstein Historic Devices for Hearing Collection with a focus on concealment or camouflage
Hearing through the Ages A selection of ear trumpet, auricles and hearing aids from the American Academy of Otolaryngology web site
History of Pharmacy A Swedish site on the history of pharmacy by Per Boström & Bo Ohlson with some articles in English and good links
Sheffield Museum of Anaesthesia A great selection of items from one of the largest historical collections of anaesthetic apparatus and equipment in the UK
Anaesthesia Museum A rather nice collection of anaesthetic antiques (German site)

History of Anaesthetics

Anaesthetic and pain history resources

EyeBaths.com

All about eyebaths. You can become a registered member to get access to more galleries and information.
International Museum of Surgical Science  Museum Dedicated to Surgical Science. Chicago, Illinois
Museum of Questionable Medical Devices  Everything you ever needed to know about quackery. Bob McCoy, proprietor
Civil War Surgical Sets American Surgical Sets and the Civil War surgery. Good site by Dr Michael Echols
National Museum of Civil War Medicine National Museum of Civil War Medicine
 
 

  

 

Libraries and Organisations

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Libraries

Wellcome Trust Library Site

Becker Rare Book Catalog (Washington Univ, St. Louis)

Blocker Collections (Moody Medical Library, UTMB)

Claude Moore Health Sciences Library (Univ of Virginia)

Historical Biomedical Collection (Vanderbilt University)

Historical Images in Medicine (Duke University)

History of Medicine Division, NLM

Loyola University of Chicago Science Library

NLM Locator plus (search)

Osler Library of the History of Medicine

Ruth Lilly Medical Library (Indiana University)

The Alchemy Virtual Library

Internet Classics Archive

UCLA Biomedical Library History Division

Yale Medical Library: Historical Library Guide

 

 

Organisations / Universities

American Association for the History of Medicine

American Association for the History of Nursing

ALHHS: Archivists in the Hx of Health Sciences

Australian Society of the History of Medicine

University of Bern

University of Birmingham

University of Exeter

University of Glasgow

International Society for the History of Medicine

International Soc. for the Hx of Islamic Medicine

Johns Hopkins University

University of London

University of Manchester

History of Nursing (University of Pennsylvania)

Uniformed Services Univ of the Health Sciences

University of Warwick

University of Washington

   
   

 

 
 

Events and Auction houses

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Events

Apsley Fairs

The 44th International Antique Scientific & Medical Instrument Fair. Sunday 26 April 2009 from 10:00 to 15:00, at The Thistle Hotel, Marble Arch, London W1

Antique Scientific and Medical Instrument Fair The 45th International Antique Scientific & Medical Instrument Fair is at The Holiday Inn, Bloomsbury, Coram Street, London WC1N 1HT. If you want to exhibit at the fair please contact Desmond Squire gsem@scienceantiques.com

 

 

Auction Houses
Christie's Auction House London, Paris, New York and 13 other international locations
Sotheby's Auction House The other international Auction house
Bonham's Auction House Another international Auction house
Butterfield's Auctions American version of Bonham's - or is it the other way around?!
   
   
   
   

 
 

Miscellaneous links

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Other links

Collectics

An eclectic mix of antiques & collectibles