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History of Medicine Collections

History of Medicine Collections

Anatomy day

Anatomy Day, October 27, 2014.

Flap anatomy

Flap Anatomy. Image from Medicology, or, Home encyclopedia of health : a complete family guide... 1904. Vol. I by Joseph Gibbons Richardson.

Ivory manikin

Ivory manikin.

Anatomy Day. October 17, 2011.

Anatomy Day. October 17, 2011.

Philip Turner Papers, 1751-1858

Philip Turner Papers, 1751-1858

Artificial glass eyeballs.

Artificial glass eyeballs.

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Discover the history of medicine through our rich and unique collections, which include over 20,000 monographs and 4,000 manuscripts, as well as photographs, illustrations, medical instruments, medals, and a variety of medical artifacts. We also offer a setting for classes, provide research consultations, host a speaker series and other special events, exhibit items from the collections, and issue a regular newsletter and special publications.

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Upcoming Event

Join us on February 23, 2021 at 3:30 p.m. for Developing a Historical Biography and The Vital Importance of Black History Archives with author Blake Hill-Saya and joined by C. Eileen Watts Welch. 

They will discuss Aaron McDuffie Moore, An African American Physician, Educator, and Founder of Durham's Black Wall Street (2020).  Moore was one of the nation's most influential African American leaders in the early 20th century and a co-founder of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company and Lincoln Hospital in Durham, NC.

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