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]

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

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