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Displays at the Weaver Dental Museum include a jumble of dentures.
Itinerary

6 Fascinating Medical Marvels in Pennsylvania

50 States of Wonder
Sam O'Brien
Inside the library.
Montreal, Québec

Osler Library of the History of Medicine

One of the world's largest collections of rare medical texts and ephemera.
Lam Qua's Portrait Number 6.
medical libraries

A Chinese Artist's Humanizing 19th-Century Portraits of Disfigured Patients

Lam Qua's paintings depicting people with huge, bulbous tumors remain mesmerizing.
Veronique Greenwood December 18, 2018
In the pharmacy cellar.
Lviv, Ukraine

Under the Black Eagle Pharmacy Museum

Ukraine's oldest operating pharmacy now offers guests a fascinating walk through apothecary history.
Permanently Closed
The Museum is in the crypt below St. Augustine with St. Philip's Church
London, England

Royal London Hospital Museum

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.
The Museum of Pathological Anatomy of the University of Florence
Florence, Italy

University of Florence Museum of Pathological Anatomy

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.
medical libraries

In The Good Old Days, Anatomy Drawings Were Full of Whimsy

Jeremy Berke and Anika Burgess July 9, 2015
New York Academy of Medicine Rare Book Library
New York, New York

New York Academy of Medicine Rare Book Library

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.
medical libraries

Bodies in the Basement: The Forgotten Stolen Bones of America's Medical Schools

Dolly Stolze January 22, 2015
Berlin, Germany

Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.
Gothenburg, Sweden

Gothenburg Medical History Museum

A 200-year-old collection of medical paraphernalia in a historic house.
Paris, France

Museum of the History of Medicine

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.
Permanently Closed
Pomona, California

The Southern California Medical Museum

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.
Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library
New Haven, Connecticut

Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.
Sigmund Freud House and Office
Vienna, Austria

Sigmund Freud Museum

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.
Permanently Closed
Brooklyn, New York

Morbid Anatomy Museum

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.
The Waring Historical Library. (Press Photo)
Charleston, South Carolina

The Waring Historical Library

Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.
Jean-Martin Charcot's Library
Paris, France

Doctor Charcot's Library

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.