Non-Mayo Clinic History of Medicine Electronic Resources: Images

Launched on 15 June 2007, 'Wellcome Images' is the world's leading source of images on the history of medicine, modern biomedical science and clinical medicine. All content has been made available under a Creative Commons Licence, which allows users to copy, distribute and display the image, provided the source is fully attributed and it is used for non-commercial purposes.

Indexed database of nearly 60,000 images in the prints and photograph collection of the History of Medicine Division (HMD) of the U. S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The collection includes portraits, pictures of institutions, caricatures, genre scenes, and graphic art in a variety of media, illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine. Keyword and browse searching available by subject, title and/or author.

"The Burns Medical Collection is generally recognized as America's largest and most comprehensive accumulation of early medical and dental photography." (Quote from the website.)

Historical Images in Medicine

from the National Library of Medicine

This collection is comprised of more than 4,500 full-page plates and other important illustrations of human anatomy from the University of Toronto's Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.

This beautifully designed site provides access to images of thousands of artifacts and objects from the London-vased Science Museum's medical collection.