Centre for the Study of Health and Society

Medical History Museum Guide to Records

Listed by Ann Brothers, Kate Naughton, Louise Murray, Jessica Lo and Jessie Borrelle

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]

Introduction

About the records
Provenance - creators and former custodians
Series list and summary descriptions
Inventory listing by series
- Series 1 - Anaesthetic Equipment
- Series 2 - Blood and Bleeding Equipment (excluding Blood Transfusion equipment listed separately below)
- Series 3 - Blood Transfusion and Infusion Equipment
- Series 4 - Ceremonial and Presentation items (excluding medals and medallions)
- Series 5 - Commemorative artefacts
- Series 6 - Documents
- Series 7 - Documents - Professional and Academic Certificates
- Series 8 - Documents - Records, Research, Lectures
- Series 9 - Documents - Printed and/or Published
- Series 10 - Electrical Equipment - for Diagonsis and Treatment (excluding x-ray machines, which are listed under Radiography)
- Series 11 - Ephemera - Printed (mostly) Material
- Series 12 - Laboratory Equipment - predominantly microbiological
- Series 13 - Medical bags, cases and other containers (with or without contents)
- Series 14 - Medical Equipment - boxed sets for specific procedures - predominantly early Victorian
- Series 15 - Medical Instruments and Equipment - Diagnostic and Exploratory (excluding specula, stethoscopes and phonendoscopes which are listed separately, below)
- Series 16 - Medical Instruments and Equipment - Diagnostic and Exploratory - Specula
- Series 17 - Medical Instruments and Equipment - Diagnostic and Exploratory - Stethoscopes and Phonendoscopes
- Series 18 - Medical Instruments - multiple applications and procedures - Syringes
- Series 19 - Medical Instruments - multiple applications and procedures - Aspirators
- Series 20 - Medical Students Society
- Series 21 - Medicine Chests (with or without contents)
- Series 22 - Medicine - Homeopathic, Traditional Chinese and other Complementary Medicines
- Series 23 - Microscopy
- Series 24 - Micrometry
- Series 25 - Nursing, Invalid and Family Health Care
- Series 26 - Pharmaceutical - Pharmacy Bottles and Jars
- Series 27 - Pharmaceutical - Equipment
- Series 28 - Pharmaceutical - Patent Medicines (excluding homeopathic - see Medicine, Homeopathic)
- Series 29 - Pharmaceutical - Prescription Registers
- Series 30 - Photography (excluding University of Melbourne medical students, listed separately; also excludes public health and infectious disease, listed separately)
- Series 31 - Photography - University of Melbourne Medical Students
- Series 32 - Photography - Equipment associated with Photography
- Series 33 - Paediatrics and Infant Care
- Series 34 - Prostheses
- Series 35 - Public health
- Series 36 - Quackery
- Series 37 - Radiography
- Series 38 - Recordings - Archival Sound and Moving Image Footage
- Series 39 - Remedial and Orthopaedic Appliances
- Series 40 - Scientific Instruments - Measurement and Research (excluding microscopes and microtomes, listed separately)
- Series 41 - Scientific Instruments - Original Research Conducted at University of Melbourne
- Series 42 - Surgical Instruments - boxed sets for specific procedures - predominantly early Victorian
- Series 43 - Surgical Instruments - Dentistry
- Series 44 - Surgical and Medical Instruments - General Use Instruments (sets or individual) (largely represented instrument types such as trocars, trephines and forceps are listed separately or where identified under their specialty, below)
- Series 45 - Surgical Instruments - Trocars and Cannulas
- Series 46 - Surgical Instruments - Trephines
- Series 47 - Surgical or Medical Instruments - Forceps
- Series 48 - Surgical - Wound Closure
- Series 49 - Surgical - Wound Dressing
- Series 50 - Surgical and Medical Specialties - Ear, Nose and Throat
- Series 51 - Surgical and Medical Specialties - Gynaecology
- Series 52 - Surgical and Medical Specialties - Neurology
- Series 53 - Surgical and Medical Specialties - Obstetrics
- Series 54 - Surgical and Medical Specialties - Ophthalmology
- Series 55 - Surgical and Medical Specialties - Orthopaedics
- Series 56 - Surgical and Medical Specialties - Psychiatry
- Series 57 - Surgical and Medical Specialties - Urogenital and Colorectal
- Series 58 - Surgical and Medical Specialties - Respiratory and Cardio-thoracic
- Series 59 - Surgery and Theatre - General Furnishings and Eqiupment
- Series 60 - Teaching Aids
- Series 61 - Miscellaneous and Unidentified Items
- Series 62 - Artwork and Signs
- Series 63 - Medical Figures - personal items
- Series 64 - Surgical and Medical Specialties - Gastro-intestinal
- Series 65 - Thermometers (non-clinical)
- Series 66 - Surgical and Medical specialties - Dermatology
- 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, Louise Murray, Jessica Lo and Jessie Borrelle
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Updated 31 March 2009
http://www.cshs.unimelb.edu.au/programs/jnmhu/mhm/ummh.htm

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