Library

About Us

The departmental library of the Institute, the Historical Collection is also the resource center for the history of medicine for the Hopkins community, and hosts visiting scholars from the United States and abroad. A research collection covering all aspects of the history of medicine, public health and allied sciences, it contains over 70,000 volumes. A large, comprehensive library of secondary sources accompanies a smaller, but choice collection of rare books, manuscripts, prints, photographs, medals, stamps and objects.

 

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Staff

Cataloger

Richard Leigh

You can only find the books because of me.

Curator

Michael Seminara

I run this place.

Librarian

Zee Hinz

I am the librarian I speak for the books.

News & Announcements

Eyes on Wilmer: 100 Years of Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins

A new exhibit, “Eyes on Wilmer: 100 Years of Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins,” invites visitors to explore centuries of discovery and…

Sigerest Medieval Manuscript Reproduction Collection

We recently rehoused the Henry E. Sigerist Medieval Manuscript Reproduction Collection, moving its contents from their original folders into updated storage…

Codex medicus Hertensis

Above image: Leipzig, Germany: medical historians: group portrait. Photograph, 1929. Wellcome Collection. In July of 1917, Karl Sudhoff published an article…

New to the Historical Collection:

Three journals and one ledger documenting the work and travels of Dr. Israel Shipman Pelton Lord.

Filming at the Institute

A film crew recently visited the Institute to shoot footage for a short documentary on salpingectomy, the removal of one or…

Nightingale Graduate Lounge opens at the Institute

2024 was the year of space updates at the Institute.

Collection Highlight – Solomon H. Snyder, M.D.

Upon his retirement in 2022 Dr. Solomon H. Snyder, M.D. donated a small collection of his authored works to the Historical Collection.

Hearing History: The Robert J. Ruben Collection of Otolaryngological Instruments

Cover image caption : Helmholtz Resonators, c. 1900 Ear trumpets, tuning forks, hearing aids, oh my!