Links
A page of links to affiliated institutions and other medical history websites. Please contact us if any of these links do not work.
If our website has whet your appetite for medical history, why not investigate some of these websites to find out more?
Other Medical Museums and Online Collections in the UK
http://www.bethlemheritage.org.uk/ - Bethlem Royal Hospital Museum and Archives
www.thackraymuseum.org - Leeds’ Thackray Museum
www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk - Glasgow University’s Hunterian Museum
http://www.rcsed.ac.uk/site/455/default.aspx - Surgeon’s Hall Museum, Edinburgh
www.jennermuseum.com - Edward Jenner Museum, near Gloucester
http://www.glensidemuseum.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ - Glenside Mental Hospital Museum, Bristol
www.medicalmuseums.org - London medical museums
www.bda.org.uk/museum/index.cfm - British Dental Association museum
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/museum/medical.htm - Tayside medical museum, Dundee
http://www.inhalatorium.com - A really excellent online catalogue of equipment and adverts relating to inhalation treatments put together by a man with experience in the field of respiratory inhaler development and pharmaceuticals.
http://dev2.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/museum/ - The Manchester Medical School Museum
Medical Museums and Collections Abroad
Museo Zoologico la Specola, Florence - an absolutely breathtaking collection of wax anatomical models in the zoological museum in Florence (south of the river, near the Pitti Palace)
www.imss.fi.it/ - Insitute and Museum of the History of Science, Florence. Contains some wax models, pharmaceutical equipment, and multifarious items of medical kit. The majority of this display is closed for refurbisment at the moment (or was in October 2008) so it is worth checking the website before visiting
Other Sites Relating to the History of Medicine
http://medphoto.wellcome.ac.uk - Wellcome Images, a fantastic resource full of medical history images to download; excellent for teachers and students of history of medicine!
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/browse/medical.html - Channel Four's history webpage
http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/medhist/ - free catalogue of high quality internet resources relating to medical history
Connected Institutions
www.medicine.bham.ac.uk/histmed/ - The Centre for the History of Medicine at Birmingham University; this website also has a large section with links to history of medicine websites.
www.worcester.ac.uk - Worcester University
www.bma.org.uk - British Medical Association (founded by Worcester’s very own Sir. Charles Hastings!)
http://www.kneefoundation.com/ - The Droitwich Knee Foundation
Useful Museums Sites
www.renaissancewestmidlands.org.uk - Renaissance West Midlands
www.collectionslink.org.uk - Collections Link, an excellent resource for museum professionals
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/ - The national museum database
http://www.show.me.uk/ - A brilliant site for kids about different museums in the UK
Living History Groups/Individuals
We have worked with the following people and all come very highly recommended for museum and other events!
Para-Medic: email fredrickhnr@aol.com