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History of Medicine Library
Our History of Medicine Library, located at our head office in Sydney, has a leading collection of medical history items from Australasia and around the world.
The College established the Library in 1938 as a clinical library. The focus of the library changed to medical history in the mid 1950s. The Library continues to grow through the contributions of our College members.
The Library holds over 30,000 medical history items, including:
manuscripts – war diaries, private physician papers
photographs – Fellows, historical medical sites
historical medical pamphlets
an early medicine catalogue
antique medical instruments
Aotearoa New Zealand collection
Our Aotearoa New Zealand collection is held at the Ernest and Marion Davis Library which is located at Auckland Hospital. It holds 1001 titles and a small number of artefacts on behalf of the College.
The most significant title, Booke of soveraigne medecines against the most common and known deseases of man and women is held for safekeeping at the National Library of New Zealand.
Many of the unique collections have been recorded in our online library catalogue.
Our Library is closed until further notice due to COVID-19. Contact us for specific requests during this time.