History of Medicine
Guide to Collections Relating to the History of Artificial Internal Organs
Bakken Library and Museum
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Deutsches Hygiene-Museum
Deutsches Medizinhistorisches Museum
DeWitt Stetten Jr. Museum of Medical Research
Dittrick Medical History Center
Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences
International Center for Artificial Organs and Transplantation
International Center for Medical Technologies
International Museum of Surgical Science
John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center
Mayo Foundation Archives, Mayo Clinic
Medical History Museum of the University of Copenhagen
Medical History Museum of the University of Zurich
Medicinhistoriska Museet
Minnesota Historical Society
Museu Nacional de Historia da Medicina
Museum Boerhaave
Museum of Health Care at Kingston
Mutter Museum
National Library of Medicine
National Museum of American History
National Museum of Health and Medicine
Science Museum of London
Semmelweis Medical Historical Museum, Library and Archives
Thackray Museum
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Medical Museum
University of Utah, Marriott Library, Special Collections
University of Washington
Vanderbilt University
Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine
Museu Nacional de Historia da Medicina, "Maximiano de Lemos", Faculdade de Medicina do Porto
Faculdade de Medicina do Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernani Monteiro. 4200 Porto, Portugal
+ 351 2 55 06 884
Amelia Ricon-Ferraz, Director
Collections
Museu Nacional de Historia da Medicina "Maximiano de Lemos", 18th century to present day.
This museum was created by Prof. Luis de Pina in 1933 and it belongs to the Faculty of Medicine of Oporto - Portugal.
The museum holds a very large collection of surgical instruments since the 18th century, academical praxis, Art Collection of important national painters and sculptors, medical and surgical clothing from the last century; medical apparatus and instruments particularly from the 19th century.
The museum library contains a collection of ten thousand books and magazines including encyclopedia, biographies, journals and old books related to the history of medicine.