History of Medicine
NLM's History of Medicine Division collects, preserves, makes available, and interprets for diverse audiences one of the world's richest collections of historical material related to human health and disease.
Explore NLM contributions to the Medical Heritage Library,
a collaboration among some of the world’s leading medical libraries.
Search millions of history of medicine references
Download the XML and study 5 centuries of medical history.
Access over 300 images from the book Hidden Treasure
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Visit Pick Your Poison, on display through October 11, 2013
An exhibition exploring factors that have shaped the changing definition of some of our most potent drugs.
Making News
Explore our Exhibitions
Search our Databases
- IndexCat
- More than 4.5 million references spanning five centuries
- Images from the History of Medicine
- Over 70,000 images
- Directory of History of Medicine Collections
- More than 200 collections worldwide
- Finding Aids Consortium
- Over 3,600 from 35 institutions
- More NLM Databases,
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