[Sca-cooks] NIH History of Medicine [Western, Islamic, East Asian]

[Martin G. Diehl]

Greetings, 

Here is an example of "Your tax dollars at work" ... <g> 

The "National Institutes of Health" website includes 

"National Library of Medicine"; 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ 

There, you can find ... 
"History of Medicine"; 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/

Quoting from this site ... 
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Under the topic, "Books and Journals"; 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/collections/books/index.html 

"Incunabula (books printed before 1501)"

    NLM holds approximately 500 incunabula titles. 
    The word incunabula comes from the Latin word cuna 
    (cradle) and refers to books printed during the 
    infancy of printing, which dates from the invention 
    of moveable type (c. 1455) until 1500.

"East Asian Collection (15th-20th century)"

    The East Asian collection holds approximately 3,000 
    books, manuscripts, prints, photographs, and pieces 
    of ephemera from Japan, China, and Korea dating from 
    the 15th-20th century. 
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Under the topic, "Archives and Manuscripts"; 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/collections/archives/index.html 

    NLM historical collections house a large collection of 
    archives and manuscripts related the history of 
    medicine. Most of the archival and manuscript material 
    dates from the 17th century; however, the Library owns 
    about 200 pre-1601 Western and Islamic manuscripts. 
    The oldest item in the Library is an Arabic manuscript 
    on gastrointestinal diseases from al-Razi's "The 
    Comprehensive Book on Medicine (Kitab al-Hawi fi al-tibb)" 
    dated 1094. 

"al-Razi"; 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/arabic/bioR.html#razi 

"The Comprehensive Book on Medicine (Kitab al-Hawi fi al-tibb)"; 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/arabic/E2_E4.html#E4 

    Islamic Manuscripts (11th-19th century) 

        Includes about 300 Persian, Arabic, and Turkish 
        manuscripts, dating from 1094. 

        Search Islamic manuscripts in "LocatorPlus. "; 
http://130.14.16.152/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First

        "Islamic Medical Manuscripts at the National Library 
        of Medicine";  
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/arabic/arabichome.html and also 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/arabic/ 

A sample page from the "Islamic Medical Manuscripts"; 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/arabic/natural_hist4.html 

        "Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts"; 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/islamic_medical/islamic_00.html 

    Western Manuscripts (13th-17th century) 

        Search Western manuscripts in "LocatorPlus" (catalogue incomplete) 
http://130.14.16.152/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First

        "Early Western Manuscripts in the NLM: A Short-Title List"; 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/western/western.html 

        "Medieval Manuscripts in the National Library of Medicine"; 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/medieval/medievalhome.html
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They also have some exhibits ... 

"Dream Anatomy"; 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/dreamanatomy/index.html 

"Here Today, Here Tomorrow:
Varieties of Medical Ephemera"; 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/ephemera/ephemera.html

"Greek Medicine"; 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/index.html

"Historical Anatomies on the Web"
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/home.html 
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But they don't say if they are a lending library ... 

I am, 
Lord Vincenzo Martino mazza, 
In service to the Dream

-- 
Martin G. Diehl

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Reality: That which remains after you stop thinking about it.
  inspired by P. K. Dick