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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 newcomers and experienced collectors alike
Civil War Surgery	Michael Echols gives a fantastic insight into collecting civil war medical antiques
Antique Scientifica	Alex Peck has an enviable collection of medical antiques and a depth of knowledge in this field which is respected worldwide.
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, jointly owned by Alessandro Molinengo. The photos give a taste of pleasures to come!
The Grantham Collection	A beautifully presented world class collection of rare obstetric destructive instruments
Accoucheur's Antiques	A fine collection of obstetric antiques which is fast becoming a flagship reference site.
Curious Science	David Burns is a very experienced collector who has worked with Elisabeth Bennion compiling medical catalogues
Medical Antiques Online	An exceptional collection of antique stethoscopes and articles detailing their history started by Erik Soiferman and now owned and maintained by Eric Rackow
Eye Antiques & Collectibles	Gary Edwards hosts a comprehensive site with sections on ophthalmoscopes, eye surgery, antique glasses etc.
Medical & Dental Antiques	A recently updated site full of high quality medical antiques. Mike Gordon has been collecting for years and has acquired a collection of mouthwateringly rare and lovely pieces.
Sawbone Antiques	A very neat American site by Michael Souders with medical dental and apothecary sections
All Lancets	Great new site by Tom Yarborough with an amazing collection of lancets and various bleeding instruments
Antique Dental instruments	A superb private dental collection by Dr. Gregory Ribitzky. Written in Hebrew, but the pictures speak for themselves. Excellent use of flash.
L'art Dentaire	A terrific French resource with pictures of rare dental antiques from a variety of collections
Medizinhistorisches Museum	An impressive private collection from Luxembourg by Dr. Henri Kugener with informative commentary and useful historical references

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 18^th and 19^th 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
Ben Swanson Site	Ben collects dental and medical tokens and has some great galvanic batteries
Antiquités Scientifiques	By Marc André & Marlyse Perret. Mostly scientific antiques with good sections on Medicine and Pharmacy.

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

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

History of Medicine and General Sites

History of Medicine
Wellcome Library Med Hx	Bice 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.
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
Antiques Roadshow	BBC site for the Antiques Roadshow. Section on scientific instruments

Libraries and Organisations

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

Events
Apsley Fairs	The International Antique Scientific & Medical Instrument Fair. Sunday 28^th October 2007 from 10:00 to 16:00, at The Thistle Hotel, Marble Arch, London W1

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

Other links
Collectics	An eclectic mix of antiques & collectibles