Centre for the Study of Health and Society

Medical History Museum Guide to Records

Listed by Ann Brothers, Kate Naughton and Louise Murray

The Medical History Museum was established by a grant from The Wellcome Trust and opened on the 13th April 1967. It holds over 4000 items which include objects, photographs, archives and ephemera. The Museum houses the reconstructed 1849 Savory and Moore Pharmacy. Three ornate display cases from the Melbourne Internal Exhibition 1880 hold microscopes, microtomes and surgical instruments from the early 1800s to the 1950s. [Details]

About the records
Introduction
Provenance - creators and former custodians
Series list and summary descriptions
Inventory listing by series
- Series 1 - Photography
- Series 2 - Photography/Imaging Equipment
- Series 3 - Radiography
- Series 4 - Microscopy
- Series 5 - Microtometry
- Series 6 - Documents
- Series 7 - Academic Certificates
- Series 8 - Notebooks
- Series 9 - Public Health/Social History
- Series 10 - Invalid Care
- Series 11 - Medical Procedures and Equipment
- Series 12 - Surgical Instruments
- Series 13 - Diagnostics
- Series 14 - Paediatric/Pertaining to Children
- Series 15 - Laboratory/Scientific Equipment
- Series 16 - Measurement Equipment
- Series 17 - Machines
- Series 18 - Pharmaceutical Equipment
- Series 19 - Prosthetics
- Series 20 - Electrical Equipment
- Series 21 - Remedial
- Series 22 - Records
- Series 23 - Home Remedies
- Series 24 - Quackery
- Series 25 - Ceremonial/Presentation Artefacts
- Series 26 - Teaching Aids
- Series 27 - Theatre Equipment
- Series 28 - Anaesthetic Equipment
- Series 29 - Doctors' Bags and Cases
- Series 30 - Medicine Chests
- Series 31 - Blood/Bleeding Equipment
- Series 32 - Art Work
- Series 33 - Printed Material
- Series 34 - Optic/Ophthalmic
- Series 35 - Forceps
- Series 36 - Syringes
- Series 37 - Aspirators
- Series 38 - Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Series 39 - Urology Instruments
- Inventory not assigned to a series
These records are managed by the Medical History Museum, The University of Melbourne. All queries relating to access should be made to Ann Brothers.

Published by the Centre for the Study of Health and Society, December 2004
Listed by Ann Brothers, Kate Naughton and Louise Murray
HTML edition
Updated 31 January 2008
http://www.jnmhugateways.unimelb.edu.au/mhm/ummh.htm

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