1792 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH
Catalogus librorum in bibliotheca Societatis medicae Edinburgenae, secundum auctorum nomina dispositus.
Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link. Later editions, 1799, 1804, 1812.
GMN 13055 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15306
1816 MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
A catalogue of the library of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London. With a supplement.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 12024 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14232
1831 ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND
Catalogue of the library of the Royal College of Surgeons in London.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 12025 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14233
1831 RIVINUS, Edward Florens
A catalogue of the medical library of the Philadelphia Alms-House, prepared agreeably to a resolution of the Board of Managers.
First edition, 1824. Founded in 1732/33, this institution became known in the 19th century as "Old Blockley" after it moved to the Blockley Township in West Philadelphia. It was renamed Philadelphia General Hospital i…
GMN 13405 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15677
1837 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH
Catalogue raisonné, or, classified arrangement of the books in the Library of the Medical Society of Edinburgh.
Classification by subject. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 13056 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15307
1846 WHEATLEY, Benjamin Robert (1819 – 1884); ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London. [By Benjamin Robert Wheatley].
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link. Between 1907 and 1909 the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London became one of 17 English medical societies that joined to form the Royal Society of M…
GMN 11213 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13410
1856 –1879 WHEATLEY, Benjamin Robert (1819 – 1884); ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
Catalogue of the library of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London [by Benjamin Robert Wheatley]. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile of Vol. 1 from Google Books at this link, of Vol. 2 at this link.
GMN 12026 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14234
1857 FISCHER, Emil (librarian)
Catalogue raisoneé of the medical library of the Pennsylvania Hospital.
Listing 10,500 items, the library of the Pennsylvania Hospital, founded in 1763, was undoubtedly the largest hospital library in the United States in 1857, and possibly the largest medical library in America. The firs…
GMN 7470 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9642
1857 –1889 BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE
Catalogue des sciences médicales. Publié par ordre de l'Empereur. 3 vols.
Catalogue of the medical books in what is now the Bibliothèque nationale de France, but which was called in 1857 the Bibliothèque Impériale. By the second volume published in 1873 the library was renamed the Bibliothè…
GMN 13732 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16016
1873 BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913)
Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, United States Army. 3 vols.
The first formal published catalogue of the ancestor of the US National Library of Medicine, prepared under the supervision of John Shaw Billings. Vols. 1-2 represented an author catalogue A-Z. Vol. 3: Supplement: Ano…
GMN 11212 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13409
1876 BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913)
International Exhibition of 1876. Medical Department, U.S. Army. Photographs illustrating rare books in the National Medical Library. Philadelphia, 1876. 2 vols.
These two volumes include a series of original photographs of primarily the title pages of rare medical books in the National Medical Library pasted onto specially printed sheets with manuscript entries indicating the…
GMN 13160 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15419
1880 –1961 U.S. WAR DEPT. SURGEON GENERAL'S OFFICE; BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913); U.S. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
Index-catalogue of the library of the Surgeon General’s Office. Vol. 1-16; 2nd ser., vol. 1-21; 3rd ser., vol. 1-10; 4th ser., vol. l-11(A-Mn); 5th ser., vol. 1-3.
In 1836 Surgeon General Joseph Lovell established a small collection of medical books for the use of his staff. This was the origin of the “Surgeon General’s Library.” John Shaw Billings did much to develop the librar…
GMN 6763 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8233
1885 –1901 DUNCAN, Alexander
Alphabetical catalogue of the library of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow preceded by an index of subjects. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.
GMN 13866 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16156
1887 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON
Catalogue of books in the medical and biological libraries at University College, London. With an appendix.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 11606 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13806
1892 COSTA, Carlos (1844 – )
Catalogo systematico da bibliotheca da Faculdade de Medicina do Rio de Janeiro organisado pelo Carlos Costa.
Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.
GMN 13498 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15773
1910 PIRES DE LIMA, Joaquim Alberto (1877 – 1951)
Catálogo da Bibliotheca da Escola Medico-Cirurgica do Porto.
(Thanks to Richard Ramer for this reference.)
GMN 8947 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11126
1932 –1957 SUTCLIFFE, John Hamer (1867 – 1941); MITCHELL, Margaret ( – 1993); CHITTELL, Edith
British Optical Association Library and Museum catalogue. 3 vols.
Vol. 1 primarlily by Sutcliffe; vol.3 by Mitchell. The 3 volumes describe more than 1000 items; every entry is annotated. The first volume is extensively illustrated.
GMN 7023 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9190
1934 MADRID, Academia Nacional de Medicina
Catálogo de las obras y documentos raros y curiosos de su libreria que figuran en la exposicion abierta para conmemorar el II centenario de su fundacion, 1734-1934.
Lists 198 books and manuscripts from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries in the collection of the National Academy of Medicine in Madrid.
GMN 9066 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11245
1942 ATHIAS, Mark
Catálogo das obras da colecção portuguesa anteriores a fundação das Regias Escolas de Cirurgia (1825). 2 vols.
(Thanks to Richard Ramer for this reference.)
GMN 8946 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11125
1944 BALLARD, James Francis (1878 – 1955)
A catalogue of the medieval and renaissance manuscripts and incunabula in the Boston Medical Library.
GMN 10810 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13006
1950 SCHULLIAN, Dorothy May (1906 – 1989); SOMMER, Francis Erich (1890 – )
A catalogue of incunabula and manuscripts in the Army Medical Library.
For supplement see No. 6786.18.
GMN 6783 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8315
1950 –1966 U.S. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
UNITED STATES. National Library of Medicine Catalogue. 18 vols.
Two quinquennial and one sexennial cumulations of annual volumes. 6 vols., 1950-54; 6 vols., 1955-59; 6 vols., 1960-65. Author and subject indexes. First series under title “U.S. Armed Forces Medical Library”. See als…
GMN 6784 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8320
1954 POYNTER, Frederick Noel Lawrence (1908 – 1979)
A catalogue of incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library.
Gives full bibliographical description of 632 incunabula.
GMN 6786 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8325
1961 HISTORY OF MEDICINE DIVISION, US NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
The first catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, Washington, 1840.
Facsimile copy and first publication in print of the original manuscript catalogue published to mark the 125th anniversary of the founding of the National Library of Medicine, Washington, 1961. The first (manuscript) …
GMN 11211 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13408
1962 –2006 WELLCOME LIBRARY
A catalogue of printed books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library. 5 vols.
Vol. 1: Books printed before 1641; Vol. 2-3: Books printed from 1641-1850, A-E, F-L; Vol. 4: Books printed from 1641-1850, M-R; Vol. 5 Books printed from 1642 to 1850, S-Z.
GMN 6786.5 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8341
1962 –1999 MOORAT, Samuel Arthur Joseph (1892 – 1974)
A catalogue of western manuscripts on medicine and science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library. 3 vols. plus Supplement.
I: MSS written before ad 1650. II-III: MSS written after ad 1650. Addenda in 1. Anzeiger dtsch. Altertum dtsch. Lit., 1970, 81, 49-55. Supplementary catalogue (1999).
GMN 6786.6 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8342
1966 –1993 U.S. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
National Library of Medicine current catalog.
Subject and author sections. Published quarterly, with annual and quinquennial (one sexennial-1965-70) cumulations. Discontinued after 1993 issues. Digital facsimile of the complete run from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 6786.9 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8346
1967 DURLING, Richard Jasper (1932 – 1999)
A catalogue of sixteenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine.
Describes with pagination and some collations, approximately 4,800 items printed between 1501 and 1600. There are geographical and alphabetical indices of printers and publishers. For supplement, see No. 6786.18.
GMN 6786.12 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8362
1967 ISKANDAR, Albert Z.
A catalogue of Arabic manuscripts on medicine and science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library.
GMN 6786.13 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8364
1968 LEE, W. A.
A catalogue of books in the Liverpool Medical Institution Library to the end of the nineteenth century.
GMN 8691 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10868
1968 THORNTON, John Leonard (1913 – 1995)
Short-title catalogue of books printed before 1851 in the library of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. 2nd ed.
GMN 8776 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10954
1969 HAMARNEH, Sami Khalaf (1925 – 2010)
Index of manuscripts on medicine, pharmacy, and allied sciences in the Zahiriyah Library
GMN 13715 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15999
1971 KRIVATSY, Peter (1922 – )
A catalogue of incunabula and sixteenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine. First supplement.
Supplements Nos. 6783 and 6786.12. Records 27 15th century imprints and 272 16th century imprints acquired by the library since publication of those two catalogues.
GMN 6786.18 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8379
1972 PARKINSON, Ethel M.
Catalogue of medical books in Manchester University Library 1480-1700.
Describes 2685 items with full title transcriptions, paginations, and some annotations.
GMN 6786.19 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8382
1974 LESKY, Erna (1911 – 1986)
Katalog der Josephinischen Bibliothek des Instituts für Geschichte der Medizin in Wien. Edited by Erna Lesky.
GMN 9388 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11571
1975 HAMARNEH, Sami Khalaf (1925 – 2010)
Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts on medicine and pharmacy at the British Library.
GMN 13713 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15997
1976 TROXEL, Wilma
A catalogue of the rare book collection in the Northwestern University Dental School Library. Edited by Wilma Troxel.
GMN 8778 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10956
1979 BLAKE, John Ballard (1922 – 2006)
A short title catalogue of eighteenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine.
Lists approximately 25,000 works (except dissertations) printed between 1701 and 1800.
GMN 6786.21 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8384
1979 RUSSELL, Kenneth Fitzpatrick (1911 – 1987)
Catalogue of the historical books in the library of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
GMN 6786.22 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8386
1982 BIRD, David T.
A catalogue of sixteenth-century medical books in Edinburgh libraries.
Describes 2509 books with paginations and collations. Reproduces 89 illustrations.
GMN 6786.26 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8396
1983 PRICE, Robin
An annotated catalogue of medical Americana in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.
Books and printed documents 1557-1821 from Latin America and the Caribbean Islands, and manuscripts from the Americas 1575-1927. 540 items, usually with detailed notes.
GMN 6786.27 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8398
1984 BIRD, David T.
Catalogue of printed books and manuscripts (1491-1900) in the Library of St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School.
GMN 12819 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15065
1985 WHITCOMB, Dorothy
Immunology to 1980. An illustrated bibliography of titles in the Middleton Health Sciences Library, including the Julius M. Cruse collection.
Citations, with paginations, of 3480 items. Author and subject indices
GMN 2581.11 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4355
1986 KESHAVARZ, Fatemeh (1952 – )
A descriptive and analytical catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.
GMN 6786.30 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8405
1986 WYGANT, Larry J.; BLOCKER, Truman Graves Jr. (1809 – 1984)
The Truman G. Blocker, Jr. history of medicine collections: Books and manuscripts
Describes approximately 13,000 books chiefly acquired for the Moody Medical Library by Truman G. Blocker, Jr. Includes the Alfred H. Whittacker library on the history of occupational medicine..
GMN 6786.31 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8407
1987 HENRY, Roemol
Catalogue of the Transylvania University Medical Library.
The library of the Transylvania Medical Department, prominent in American medicine during the first half of the 19th century, but which closed in 1859.
GMN 13174 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15434
1988 BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE TOULOUSE
Les livres anciens de médecine et de pharmacie. Catalogue de la Bibliothèque municipale de Toulouse.
Catalogue of books on the subjects up to 1815 held by this library.
GMN 14075 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16386
1989 KRIVATSY, Peter (1922 – )
A catalogue of seventeenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine.
Describes, with paginations, approximately 13,300 monographs, dissertations, broadsides, pamphlets and serials printed between 1601 and 1700.
GMN 6786.33 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8411
1992 JOHNSTON, Stanley H. Jr. (1932 – 2013)
The Cleveland herbal, botanical, and horticultural collections: A descriptive bibliography of pre-1830 works from the libraries of the Holden Arboretum, the Cleveland Medical Library Association, and the Garden Center of Cleveland.
GMN 9568 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11754
1995 HAGELIN, Ove
Kinetic jottings: Rare and curious books in the library of the old Royal Central Institute of Gymnastics. An illustrated and annotated catalogue.
Outstanding descriptions and superb illustrations of a very unusual collection of books, including those on fencing, gymnastics, orthopedics, physical medicine, acrobatics, and dance.
GMN 7211 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9378
