Welch Medical Library Guides: Medical Images: History of Medicine

History of Medicine

Anatomia Collection
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Type: Illustrations; Paintings

Medical Imaging Type: n/a

Subjects: Anatomy; Medical illustration--History; Embryology; Abdomen; Skeleton; Bones; Muscles; Circulatory system; Neurology; Blood-vessels; Back; Head; Pelvis; Chest; Neck; Leg; Arm; Senses and sensation; Respiratory system; Genitourinary organs; Musculoskeletal system; Cardiovascular system; Digestive organs; Endocrinology; Neuroanatomy; Immune system; Lymphatics; Reproductive system, Female; Reproductive system, Male; Painting

Rights: Public Domain
Calisphere
Within Calisphere's growing collection of 1 million+ items, over 20,000 photographs, videos, and audio files are directly related to health or medicine, and roughly 45,000 items are related to science and medicine. A digital library created by the University of California System, Calisphere contains collections from the majority of California's libraries, archives, and museums.

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Type: Photographs; Illustrations; Posters; Maps; Videos

Medical Imaging Type: Magnetic resonance imaging; Microscopy; Tomography; Ultrasonic imaging; Brain—Imaging

Subjects: Anatomy; Neurology; Genetics; Public health; Surgery; Medical illustration--History; Head; Neck; Back; Chest; Dermatology; Genitourinary organs; Pelvis; Respiratory system; Abdomen; Arm; Cancer; Cardiology; Endocrinology; Epidemics; Hematology; Leg; Oncology; Pediatrics; Skeleton; Immunology; Musculoskeletal system; Obstetrics; Blood-vessels; Bones; Cardiovascular system; Circulatory system; Dentistry; Environmental health; Muscles; Nursing; Ophthalmology; Otolaryngology; Critical care medicine; Educational/cultural films & video; Embryology; Gastroenterology; Internal medicine; Nephrology; Senses and sensation; Urology; Medical procedures & techniques; Communicable diseases; Family medicine; Geriatrics; Influenza; Information visualization; Medical statistics; Peripheral vascular diseases; Photograph collections; Rheumatology; Toxicology; Virology; Biochemistry; Pathology; AIDS (Disease); Cells; Cholera; Corporation reports; Diagnostic imaging; Drugs; Homeopathy; human dissection; Lectures and lecturing; Medical education; Military Medicine; Pulmonary manifestations of general diseases; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Biopsy; Immune system; Medical instruments and apparatus; Neuroanatomy; Population; AIDS (Disease)—Patients; Anatomy, Artistic; Cancer--Genetic aspects; Diabetes; Diagnosis; Diseases; DNA; Emergency medical services; Gastrointestinal system; Gynecology; Human anatomy--History Infection; Materia medica, Vegetable; Medical laboratories; Medical laboratory assistants; Medical laboratory technology; Mental health; Mental health services; Microbiology; Mouth--Care and hygiene; Nervous System; Nervous system—Surgery; North America; Nutrition; Orthopedics; Physical Therapy; Psychiatry; Wounds and injuries; Digestive organs; Lymphatics; Reproductive system, Female; Reproductive system, Male; Medical illustrations

Rights: Educational Use Only
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Digitized Collections
Twenty separate collections of historic photographs, paintings, illustrations, and digitized books related to the Yale School of Medicine

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Type: Photographs; Illustrations; Posters; Paintings

Medical Imaging Type: n/a

Subjects: Medical illustration--History; Anatomy, Artistic; Anatomy; human dissection; Human anatomy--History; Painting; Portrait painting, American; Advertising--Tobacco; Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library; Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939; Medical instruments and apparatus; Postcards; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Bookplates; Public health; Anatomy; Epidemics; Military Medicine; Medical education; Surgery; Photograph collections; Pathology

Rights: Creative Commons; Some items may have restrictions; Educational Use Only
Digital Public Library of America
Over 175,000 image resources, 4,500 videos, and 2,000 audio files related to health and medicine. Resources are pulled from partner institutions located throughout the United States

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Type: Photographs; Illustrations; Posters; Maps; Videos

Medical Imaging Type: Radiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microscopy; Tomography; Ultrasonic imaging; Brain—Imaging; Endoscopy; Fundus photo

Subjects: Hospitals; Veterinary medicine; Public health--United States--Statistics; Hospitals; Anatomy; Neurology; Genetics; Public health; Surgery; Medical illustration--History; Head; Neck; Back; Chest; Dermatology; Genitourinary organs; Pelvis; Respiratory system; Abdomen; Arm; Cancer; Cardiology; Endocrinology; Epidemics; Hematology; Leg; Oncology; Pediatrics; Skeleton; Immunology; Musculoskeletal system; Obstetrics; Blood-vessels; Bones; Cardiovascular system; Circulatory system; Dentistry; Environmental health; Muscles; Nursing; Ophthalmology; Otolaryngology; Critical care medicine; Educational/cultural films & video; Embryology; Gastroenterology; Internal medicine; Nephrology; Senses and sensation; Urology; Medical procedures & techniques; Communicable diseases; Family medicine; Geriatrics; Influenza; Information visualization; Medical statistics; Peripheral vascular diseases; Photograph collections; Rheumatology; Toxicology; Virology; Biochemistry; Pathology; AIDS (Disease); Cells; Cholera; Corporation reports; Diagnostic imaging; Drugs; Homeopathy; human dissection; Lectures and lecturing; Medical education; Military Medicine; Pulmonary manifestations of general diseases; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Biopsy; Immune system; Medical instruments and apparatus; Neuroanatomy; Population; AIDS (Disease)—Patients; Anatomy, Artistic; Cancer--Genetic aspects; Diabetes; Diagnosis; Diseases; DNA; Emergency medical services; Gastrointestinal system; Gynecology; Human anatomy--History Infection; Materia medica, Vegetable; Medical laboratories; Medical laboratory assistants; Medical laboratory technology; Mental health; Mental health services; Microbiology; Mouth--Care and hygiene; Nervous System; Nervous system—Surgery; North America; Nutrition; Orthopedics; Physical Therapy; Psychiatry; Wounds and injuries; Digestive organs; Lymphatics; Reproductive system, Female; Reproductive system, Male; Medical illustrations

Rights: Some items may have restrictions
Duke Medicine Digital Repository
Over 4,000 images within several historic collections from the Duke University Medical Center.

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Type: Photographs; Illustrations; Posters; Drawings; Paintings; Maps; Manuscripts

Medical Imaging Type: n/a

Subjects: Bookplates; Medicine--Periodicals; Physiology; Alchemy; Anatomy, Artistic; Astrology; World War, 1914-1918; Syphilis; Nursing; Ophthalmology; Patients; Women in medicine; Women in medicine--History; Pharmacists; Apothecary jars; Hospitals; Duke University. Medical Center; Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910; Johns Hopkins University. Department of Medicine; Technology; Anatomy; Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919; Laboratories; Surgical instruments and apparatus; Medical illustration--History

Rights: Educational Use Only; All Rights Reserved
Europeana
A growing collection of 50,000+ images and videos related to medicine, pulled from cultural institutions across Europe. Part of the larger Europeana collection which contains over 29.9 million images, videos, and audio files.

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Type: Photographs; Illustrations; Paintings; Videos

Medical Imaging Type: Radiography; Tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microscopy; Ultrasonic imaging; Fundus photo; Nanotechnology; Brain—Imaging

Subjects: Dentistry; Medical illustration--History; Educational/cultural films & video; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Anatomy, Artistic; Anatomy; human dissection; Human anatomy--History; Public health; Homeopathy; Anatomy; Epidemics; Military Medicine; Medical education; Surgery

Rights: Public Domain; Some items may have restrictions
Kanopy (Health videos)
Over 550 popular documentaries and feature films related to Health & Wellness. Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service for public libraries and educational institutions that provides library patrons, students and faculty access to a large collection of films

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Type: Videos

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Subjects: Documentary films; Public health; Epidemics; Epidemics--History; Drug addiction; Drug carriers (Pharmacy); Mental health policy; Mental health services; Physical fitness; Nutrition; Feature films

Rights: All Rights Reserved
The Medical Heritage Library (Internet Archive)
The Medical Heritage Library (MHL), a digital curation collaborative among some of the world’s leading medical libraries, contains a collection of over 3,600 videos on the history of medicine.

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Type: Illustrations; Drawings; Photographs; Videos

Medical Imaging Type: n/a

Subjects: Medical illustration--History; Anatomy; Skeleton

Rights: No Restrictions on Use; Public Domain
Medical Heritage Library on Flickr
Medicine and Madison Avenue (Duke University)
"About 600 advertising items and publications dating from 1850 to 1920, illustrating the rise of consumer culture and the birth of a professionalized advertising industry in the United States."

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Type: Photographs; Illustrations

Medical Imaging Type: n/a

Subjects: Children; Advertising--Toothpaste; Mouthwashes; Food; Premiums (Retail trade); Coupons (Retail trade); Cough; Cold (Disease); Laxatives; Indigestion; Vitamins; Tonics (Medicinal preparations); Nutrition; Diet Aids; Toiletries; Physicians; Pharmaceutical industry; Analgesics; Barrier creams; Ointments; Dermatology; Insecticides; Poisons; Disinfectants industry; Disinfection and disinfectants; Cleaning compounds; Washing powders; Alternative medicine specialists; Medicine--Specialties and specialists; Soap; First Aid; Wounds and injuries; Nursing

Rights: Public Domain
National Cancer Institute: Images Online
Growing collection of over 3,700 images on a variety of topics related to the National Cancer Institute, including basic science topics, patient-care illustrations, and formal portraits of staff and NCI directors. Majority of images are from the collections of the Office of Communications and Public Liaison, National Cancer Institute. Images are labeled either public domain or copyright protected. Any reprodced images should be attributed to NCI.

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Type: Photographs; Drawings; Illustrations; Posters; Videos

Medical Imaging Type: Nanotechnology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Endoscopy; Tomography; Microscopy; Radiography

Subjects: Medical illustration--History; Oncology; Cancer; Genetics; Anatomy; Cells; HIV (Viruses); Medical statistics; Public health; Information visualization; Statistical maps; North America; Cancer--Treatment; Biopsy; Radiotherapy; Surgery; Musculoskeletal system; Abdomen; Skeleton; Bones; Muscles; Circulatory system; Neurology; Blood-vessels; Back; Head; Pelvis; Chest; Neck; Leg; Arm; Respiratory system; Genitourinary organs; Cardiology; Laboratory animals; Cancer--Genetic aspects; Food; Coping; National Cancer Institute (U.S.)

Rights: Rights vary (No Restrictions on Use; Public Domain; All Rights Reserved)
National Institutes of Health: Flickr Image Gallery
A collection of roughly 1,000 photographs of NIH buildings, staff members, lab researchers, and various historical images. Also included are animations, illustrations, and videos.

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Type: Photographs; Illustrations; Posters; Videos

Medical Imaging Type: Microscopy

Subjects: Hospitals; Medical illustration--History; Portrait photography; Medical statistics; Public health; Information visualization; Statistical maps; Medical laboratory technology; Medical laboratory assistants; Medical laboratories; Cells; Cancer; Oncology; Diseases; Anatomy; Zika virus infection; Brain; Influenza; Ebola virus disease; HeLa cells

Rights: Educational Use Only
National Library of Medicine: Digital Collections
This resource is the NLM's collection of biomedical books, still and moving images, totaling over 90,000 items. Unless otherwise indicated, all images are in the public domain.

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Type: Photographs; Posters; Drawings

Medical Imaging Type: n/a

Subjects: Medical illustrations; Medical illustration--History; Educational/cultural films & video; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Cholera; Public health; Corporation reports; Photograph collections; Homeopathy; Anatomy; Epidemics; Military Medicine; Medical education; Surgery; Materia medica, Vegetable

Rights: No Restrictions on Use; Some items may have restrictions
National Library of Medicine: Digital Projects
This site contains the NLM's digital collections as well as digital exhibitions, films and videos, and more.

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Type: Photographs; Posters; Drawings; Manuscripts

Medical Imaging Type:

Subjects: Medical illustration--History; Educational/cultural films & video; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Cholera; Anatomy, Artistic; Anatomy; human dissection; Human anatomy--History; Public health; Homeopathy; Anatomy; Epidemics; Military Medicine; Medical education; Surgery; Materia medica, Vegetable; Corporation reports; Photograph collections

Rights: Rights vary (No Restrictions on Use; Some items may have restrictions)
National Library of Medicine: Images from the History of Medicine
Images from the History of Medicine provides online access to images from the NLM's historical collections, containing over 70,000 images from the 15th to 21st Century. This includes, but is not limited to, fine art, photographs, engravings, and posters.

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Type: Photographs; Posters; Drawings; Manuscripts

Medical Imaging Type: n/a

Subjects: Medical illustration--History; Educational/cultural films & video; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Cholera; Public health; Corporation reports; Photograph collections; Homeopathy

Rights: Some items may have restrictions
OHSU Digital Commons
Roughly 6,000 images in several collections of photographs and examples of medical imaging. Featured description from website: "OHSU Digital Commons is a repository for the scholarly and creative work of Oregon Health & Science University. Developed by the OHSU Library, Digital Commons provides the university community with a platform for publishing and accessing content produced by students, faculty, and staff. OHSU Digital Commons documents the history and growth of the university, as well as current progress in education, research, and health care."

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Type: Photographs

Medical Imaging Type: Endoscopy; Brain—Imaging

Subjects: Oregon; Hospitals; Medical colleges; Health occupations schools; Peptic ulcer; Nurses; Nursing; Physicians; Surgery; Surgical instruments and apparatus; Intestinal polyps; Public health

Rights: Educational Use Only
Science Source
Science Source contains science and medical stock photography, illustration, and video, totalling more than 40,000 images.

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Type: Photographs; Illustrations

Medical Imaging Type: Doppler ultrasonography; Radiography; Tomography; Microscopy; Ultrasonic imaging; Endoscopy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stereoscopic views; Fundus photo

Subjects: Anatomy; Medical illustration--History; Public health; Biochemistry; Cardiology; Critical care medicine; Dentistry; Dermatology; Endocrinology; Environmental health; Family medicine; Gastroenterology; Genetics; Geriatrics; Obstetrics; Hematology; Immunology; Epidemics; Internal medicine; Nephrology; Neurology; Nursing; Ophthalmology; Otolaryngology; Pediatrics; Rheumatology; Surgery; Toxicology; Urology; Peripheral vascular diseases; Virology

Rights: Purchase Rights
The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives: Photographic Collections
The medical archives holds over 1,000,000 photographic items dating from the late 19th century to the present. These collections reflect the daily use of photography within an academic health institution and encompass many genres, including biomedical, clinical, documentary, corporate, architectural, and portrait photography. The collections also encompass many historic and current photographic processes, including cased photographs, card photographs, photomicrographs, glass plate negatives and slides, albumen, platinum, and gelatin silver prints, color photographic prints, transparencies, and slides, digitally produced prints, and born-digital photographs.

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Type: Photographs; Posters; Paintings

Subjects: Russia; Johns Hopkins Hospital; Hospitals; Medical colleges; Health occupations schools; Nurses; Nursing; Physicians; Public health

Rights: Public Domain; All Rights Reserved
The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives: Audiovisual Collections
The Chesney Archives maintains a collection of over 1,500 reels of motion picture film, 7,000 video tapes, and 8,000 audiotapes and discs.
Moving images mostly represent productions created within Johns Hopkins Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health for clinical, diagnostic, educational, or documentary purposes.
Also included are personal film collections from faculty and staff associated with Johns Hopkins, moving images originating from individual departments, and commercially produced medical and educational films transferred from the circulating audiovisual collection at the Johns Hopkins Welch Medical Library.
Sound recordings include interviews, broadcast recordings, lectures and symposia, and recordings of other events at Johns Hopkins such as dedications, dinners, and ceremonies.
Trove
A growing collection of roughly 50,000 freely available photographs, artworks, posters, and objects related to health and medicine from institutions across Australian. An additional 150,000 similar resources are available but have access conditions.

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Type: Photographs; Illustrations; Posters; Paintings

Medical Imaging Type: Radiography; Microscopy

Subjects: Hospitals; Veterinary medicine; Anatomy; Neurology; Genetics; Public health; Surgery; Medical illustration--History; Head; Neck; Back; Chest; Dermatology; Genitourinary organs; Pelvis; Respiratory system; Abdomen; Arm; Cancer; Cardiology; Endocrinology; Epidemics; Hematology; Leg; Oncology; Pediatrics; Skeleton; Immunology; Musculoskeletal system; Obstetrics; Blood-vessels; Bones; Cardiovascular system; Circulatory system; Dentistry; Environmental health; Muscles; Nursing; Ophthalmology; Otolaryngology; Critical care medicine; Educational/cultural films & video; Embryology; Gastroenterology; Internal medicine; Nephrology; Senses and sensation; Urology; Medical procedures & techniques; Communicable diseases; Family medicine; Geriatrics; Influenza; Information visualization; Medical statistics; Peripheral vascular diseases; Photograph collections; Rheumatology; Toxicology; Virology; Biochemistry; Pathology; AIDS (Disease); Cells; Cholera; Corporation reports; Diagnostic imaging; Drugs; Homeopathy; human dissection; Lectures and lecturing; Medical education; Military Medicine; Pulmonary manifestations of general diseases; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Biopsy; Immune system; Medical instruments and apparatus; Neuroanatomy; Population; AIDS (Disease)—Patients; Anatomy, Artistic; Cancer--Genetic aspects; Diabetes; Diagnosis; Diseases; DNA; Emergency medical services; Gastrointestinal system; Gynecology; Human anatomy--History Infection; Materia medica, Vegetable; Medical laboratories; Medical laboratory assistants; Medical laboratory technology; Mental health; Mental health services; Microbiology; Mouth--Care and hygiene; Nervous System; Nervous system—Surgery; North America; Nutrition; Orthopedics; Physical Therapy; Psychiatry; Wounds and injuries; Digestive organs; Lymphatics; Reproductive system, Female; Reproductive system, Male; Medical illustrations

Rights: Some items may have restrictions
The National Museum of American History - Health & Medicine
"The Museum's collections of medical science artifacts represent nearly all aspects of health and medical practice. Highlights include early X-ray apparatuses, such as one of Wilhelm Roentgen's tubes, penicillin mold from Alexander Fleming’s experiments, and Jonas Salk's original polio vaccine. More recent acquisitions include the first artificial heart implanted in a human, the earliest genetically engineered drugs, and materials related to David, the "Bubble Boy." Other artifacts range from artificial limbs and implant devices to bloodletting and dental instruments, beauty products, and veterinary equipment. The contents of a medieval apothecary shop and an 1890s drugstore form part of the collections, along with patent and alternative medicines. The collections also document the many differing perspectives on health and medical issues, from patients, family members, doctors, nurses, medical students, and out-of-the-mainstream health practitioners."--museum website
Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
"The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library is a searchable image database and exhibition platform dedicated to celebrating and communicating the history of medicine. The Digital Library launched in December 2013 with nearly 1,000 images drawn from the Historical Medical Library collection, with strengths in the history of anatomy and botanical medicine. Highlights include images from rare incunabula previously unavailable online, unusual selections from more popular early modern anatomists, and over 300 photos from the Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection." --library website

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Rights: All images are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Science Museum (UK)
A collection of over 6,000 photographed objects related to the history of medicine. Collection mostly comprises of 19th century medical apparatuses.
Osler Library Prints Collection (McGill University)
"The Osler Library Prints Collection brings together a rich variety of visual documents related to the history of medicine, spanning several centuries, countries, and artistic media. Ranging from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, the collection consists predominantly of prints, though it also includes some photographs, drawings, posters, and cartoons. Medical professionals throughout history are represented largely through portraiture, as well as through caricatures and scenes. The images in this collection, acquired from various donors at different times, are fascinating for both their historical significance and their artistic merit. Straddling the disciplines of art and science, the collection is a valuable resource on the history of medicine and the history of portraiture." --Print collection website