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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.

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Watch Images & Texts in Medical History Workshop Keynote

“The Analog Patient: Imagining Medicine at a Distance in the Television Era” by Jeremy Green

Explore Confronting Violence Online

An exhibition exploring the history of nursing and domestic violence now on display at the National Library of Medicine.

National Library of Medicine Joins The Commons on Flickr

Find images from the history of medicine held in the public trust, add comments and tags, and check back frequently for new content.

Watch The John E. Fogarty Papers new on Profiles in Science

An American legislator known as “Mr. Public Health” for his outstanding advocacy of federal funding for public health and medical research.

Watch Images & Texts in Medical History Workshop Keynote
“The Analog Patient: Imagining Medicine at a Distance in the Television Era” by Jeremy Green
Explore Confronting Violence: Improving Women’s Lives
An exhibition exploring the history of nursing and domestic violence now on display at the National Library of Medicine.
National Library of Medicine Joins The Commons on Flickr
Find images from the history of medicine held in the public trust, add comments and tags, and check back frequently for new content.
The John E. Fogarty Papers new on Profiles in Science
An American legislator known as “Mr. Public Health” for his outstanding advocacy of federal funding for public health and medical research.

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- Millions of references from antiquity to the mid-20th century
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 8,000 from 48 institutions
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