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Treasures from the Health Sciences Library

CABINET FOURTEEN: PHRENOLOGY

George Combe, A System of Phrenology. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: John Anderson Jr, 1825. Hist. Coll. BFA C729Cesare Lombroso, Criminal Man. Translated by Mary Gibson and Nicole Hahn Rafter, with translation assistance from Mark Seymour. Durham, North Caroline: Duke University Press, 2006. Private CollectionImage from Cesare Lombroso, L’Uomo Delinquent. 4th edition. Turin, 1889. Internet

CABINET FIFTEEN: BLOOD PRESSURE & CIRCULATION

Stephen Hales, Statical Essays. 2nd ed. corrected. London: Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby and T. Woodward, 1740. Hist. Coll. QK711 H457 ___, Vegetable Staticks; Or, An Account of Some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables. London: Printed for W. and J. Innys, and T. Woodward, 1727. Hist. Coll. QKA H168William Withering, An Account of the Foxglove and Some of its Medicinal Uses: With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and other Diseases. London: Broomsleigh Press, [1968]; facsimile. Hist. Coll. QV153 W823

CABINET SIXTEEN: THE MONRO COLLECTION

Alexander Monro secundus, ‘Anatomical lectures delivered …in the College of Edinburgh winter, 1773/4.’ Manuscript. Edinburgh, 1773-1774. Monro M175BReproduction of title page from William Hunter, Medical Commentaries. Part I. Containing a Plain and Direct Answer to Professor Monro Jr. London: Printed by A. Hamilton, 1762. Monro M142John Hunter, A Treatise on the Venereal Disease. London: No. 13, Castle-Street, Leicester-Square, 1786. Monro M141

CABINET SEVENTEEN: NEW ZEALAND

Frank Ogston, ‘The Hall Poisoning Cases’, in The New Zealand Medical Journal, Vol. 1, 1887-8. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, [1888]. Med: NZ Coll: PerPeter Henry Buck (Te Rangi Hīroa), Medicine Amongst the Maoris in Ancient and Modern Times. Unpublished: PhD Thesis, University of New Zealand, 1910. Hist. Coll. W4 B922Portrait of Sir Peter BuckPhil A. Silva, ‘A Thousand Dunedin Three Year Olds: A Multidisciplinary Study of Child Development.’ Report submitted to the Medical Research Council of New Zealand. [Dunedin], July 1976. Hist. Coll. WS103 S586

CABINET EIGHTEEN: BERNHARD ALBINUS

Bernard Siegfried Albinus, Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body. Translated from Latin. London: Woodfall, 1746. Hist. Coll. WE17 A337

VITRINES:

Vitrine One: Gray’s AnatomyVitrine Two: Annotated Modern VesaliusVitrine Three: Professor Daniel J Cunningham & the CerebumVitrine Four: Otago Medical School

Acknowledgements: Thanks to Dr Louisa Baillie, Christy Ballard, Professor Barbara Brookes, Rachel Connor, Professor Terence Doyle, Richard German, Dr Katherine Hall, Dr Susan Heydon, Trish Leishman, Caitlin McDougall, Dr Ruth Napper, & Dr Mark Seymour.

I T E M S ON DI SPL AY

In 1929, the historical collection of the University of Otago’s Health Sciences (formerly Medical) Library was established with the donation of the famed Monro Collection. The some 450 volumes were owned by Alexander Monro, father (primus), son (secundus), and grandson (tertius), who were successively Professors of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, 1720-1846. Wonderful though the Monro Collection is, it comprises but a fraction of the total Health Sciences Library’s Historical Collections, some 100,000 plus volumes. These include 18th, 19th, and 20th century books and manuscripts, as well as the unique Preventive Medicine Dissertations.

This exhibition, Medical Marvels, highlights treasures from this Historical Collection, from pharmacy and phrenology, to dentistry and disease. Of particular note is the anatomical flap book by Johann Remmelin, printed in Holland in 1667; a second edition of Andreas Vesalius’s The Fabric of the Body, printed in 1555; and Bernhard Albinus’s Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body, printed in 1746. Other noteworthy items include works by medicos Edward Jenner, John Hunter, Francis Glisson, Thomas Willis, and William Smellie. For those interested in the history of medicine, the exhibition is a feast.

This exhibition reflects scholarly engagement. Many of the books have been chosen by University of Otago academic staff, students, and librarians, who have used the books for their own research. We are particularly indebted to Professor Terence Doyle, Department of Medicine, and Professor Barbara Brookes, History Department. The first is an avid user of the historical collection; the second highlighted the importance of the Preventive Medicine dissertations. Please enjoy the exhibition.

CABINET ONE: INTRODUCTION & JOHANN REMMELIN

Johann Remmelin, Pinax Microcosmographicus. Amsterdam: Ex typographia Pauli Matthiae, 1667. Historical Collection (Hist. Coll.) WZ250 RH81 1667Katherine Hall, abstract, ‘Towards Patient-Centred Anatomy: Historical and Contemporary Observations’, c.2017

CABINET TWO: POISONS

William Salmon, Pharmacopoeia Londinensis; or, the New London Dispensatory. 5th ed. London: Printed by J. Dawks, 1696. Hist. Coll. QVC S172Culpeper’s English Physician; and Complete Herbal. 12th ed. London: Printed by J. Adlard, 1809. Hist. Coll. QV766 C968 1809Richard Mead, A Mechanical Account of Poisons. London: Printed by J.R. for Ralph South, 1702. Hist. Coll. QVB M479

CABINET THREE: FRANCIS GLISSON (1597-1677)

Francis Glisson, Tractatus de Rachitide sive Morbo Puerili. Hagae-Comitis: Arnoldum Leers, 1682. Hist. Coll. WZ448 R539___, Tractatus de Ventriculo et Intestinis: [London]: Typis E.F. Prostat Venalis Apud Henricum Brome, 1677. Hist. Coll. WZ250 G561 1677___, Anatomia Hepatis: Cui Praemittuntur Quaedam ad Rem Anatomicam Universe Spectantia. Hagae-Comitum: Arnoldum Leers, 1681. Hist. Coll. WZ250 G561 1681

CABINET FOUR (DRAWER): NERVOUS SYSTEM

Thomas Willis, The Anatomy of the Brain and Nerves. Birmingham, Alabama: Classics of Medicine Library, 1978. WL101 W735Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Degeneration and Regeneration of the Nervous System. Vol. II. London: Oxford University Press, 1928. Hist. Coll. WL102 R175

CABINET FIVE (DRAWER): ANATOMY

Domenico Bonaveri, Notomie di Titiano. [Bologna, 1670]. Hist. Coll. WZ405 BS23Muscle Figure, plate 10, from Domenico Bonaveri, Notomie di Titiano. [Bologna, 1670]. Hist. Coll. WZ405 BS23

CABINET SIX: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Traité Élémentaire de Chimie. 2nd ed. Vol. I. Paris: Cuchet, 1793. Hist. Coll. QDA L414Jan Swammerdam, Tractatus Physico-Anatomico-Medico de Respiratione Usuque Pulmonum. [Leiden]: [Daniel], Abraham & Adrian à Gaasbeeck, 1667. Hist. Coll. WZ250 S971 1667Joseph Priestley, Experiments and Observations Relating to Various Branches of Natural Philosophy. London: [Printed] for J. Johnson, 1779. Hist. Coll. QDA P949

CABINET SEVEN: ANDREAS VESALIUS (1514-64)

Andreas Vesalius, De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem. [Basel: Johannes Oporinus, 1555]. Monro M306Title page reproduction of Andreas Vesalius, De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem. [Basel: Johannes Oporinus, 1555]. Monro M306Portrait of Andreas Vesalius

CABINET EIGHT: OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY

William Harvey, Exercitationes de Generatione Animalium. [Amsterdam]: Joannem Ravesteynium, 1651. Hist. Coll. WZ250 H342 1651William Smellie, A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery. 3rd ed. corrected. London: Printed for D. Wilson and T. Durham, 1756. Hist. Coll. WQA S638Reinier de Graaf, De Virorum Organis Generationi Inservientibus, de Clysteribus et de usu Siphonis in Anatomia. [Leiden]: Ex Officinia Hackiana, 1668. Hist. Coll. WZ250 G726 1668

CABINET NINE (DRAWER): PREVENTIVE MEDICINE DISSERTATIONS

Donald McAllister, ‘A General Survey of the Problem of Criminal Abortion, and Material from an Interview with a Criminal Abortionist.’ Unpublished dissertation, 1942. Storage: Preventive Medicine Dissertations McAR.S. Croxson and M.D. Goddard, ‘Prevention of Industrial Eye Injuries: A Survey of Preventive and Protective Aspects of Accidental Eye Injuries Arising from the Local Metal and Engineering…’ Unpublished dissertation, 1959. Storage: Preventive Medicine Dissertations Cro

CABINET TEN (DRAWER): DENTISTRY

Thomas Bell, The Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Teeth. London: Highley, 1829. WU101 B435Henry Percy Pickerill, Facial Surgery. Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone, 1924. Hist Coll. NZ WE705 P595Harvey Brown, Pickerill: Pioneer in Plastic Surgery, Dental Education, and Dental Research. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2007. Private Collection

CABINET ELEVEN: SURGERY I

The Workes of that Famous Physitian Dr. Alexander Read. 2nd ed. London: Printed by E.G. for Richard Thrale, 1650. Hist. Coll. WZ250 R282John Hunter, Observations on Certain Parts of the Animal Oeconomy. 2nd ed. London: Printed and sold at No 13, Castle-Street, Leicester-Square; and by Mr. G. Nicol; and Mr. J. Johnson, 1792. Hist. Coll. QLE H945

CABINET TWELVE (DRAWER): SURGERY II

The Chirurgical Works of Percivall Pott. Vol. I. London: Printed for J. Johnson, et al., 1790. Hist. Coll. WOA P865Lateral X-ray image relating to ‘Pott’s Disease’Robert Liston, Practical Surgery. London: John Churchill, 1846. Hist. Coll. WOD L773

CABINET THIRTEEN (DRAWER): DISEASE

Edward Jenner, An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae. Milan: R. Lier and Co., 1923; facsimile. Hist. Coll. WC588 J54 1923Cyril William Dixon, Smallpox. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1962. Hist. Coll. WC585 D621

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Treasures from the Health Sciences Library