Several smaller collections emphasizing medicine but also containing classics in other sciences were assembled by Herbert M.

With the exception of Fulton’s, these libraries have all been described in bibliographical catalogs. Benjamin (University of California, Los Angeles), and most recently, John Martin (University of Iowa). Fulton (1899-1960, Yale), Erik Waller (1875-1955, University of Upsala, Sweden), Lawrence Reynolds (1889-1961, University of Alabama, Birmingham), John A. Later, notable historical medical libraries were assembled and donated to universities by Harvey Cushing (1869-1939, Yale), John F.

The modern penchant for collecting first and early editions of the classics of medical history began with Sir William Osler (1849-1919), a confirmed bibliophile and collector, whose spectacular 7600-volume library was bequeathed to McGill University. The beauty, historical and scientific importance, romance, and monetary value of rare medical books, as well as their mystique, have an appeal difficult to resist.

Antique medical books