Index of Medieval Medical Images

July 23, 2006 1:39 PM

Index of Medieval Medical ImagesSearchable collection of medieval illustrations (to the year 1500); the thumbnails can be viewed at varying magnifications. There are many more interesting online repositories devoted to the history of medical illustration--both medieval and early modern--including Historical Anatomies on the Web, Anatomia, Seeing is Believing, and Medieval Manuscripts in the National Library of Medicine.
posted by thomas j wise (12 comments total)

Another excellent post, tj - this collection of "foetus-removal (abortion)" tools is enough to give me nightmares, and I don't even have a uterus.
posted by jonson at 1:54 PM on July 23, 2006

Excellent post, thomas j wise - your posts are among my favorites.
posted by madamjujujive at 3:52 PM on July 23, 2006

Cool! Thanks!
posted by Medieval Maven at 4:42 PM on July 23, 2006

My jaw dropped when I saw this... as one of the only people working on medieval medicine at my university, I really appreciate any news I can get on the subject. Sadly, many of the go-to resources on the subject are subsciption only...
posted by Ricky_gr10 at 6:44 PM on July 23, 2006

Good post; thanks!
posted by TedW at 7:04 PM on July 23, 2006

This is going to take a while! thanks great links. here is another
from the index
posted by hortense at 9:11 PM on July 23, 2006

Awesome link. Thank you.
posted by joe lisboa at 9:41 PM on July 23, 2006

OMG, What an amazing collection. Thank you for this treasure thomas j wise.

Some images are delightful surprises. Some unexpectedly funny.
posted by nickyskye at 10:44 PM on July 23, 2006

Amazing and beautiful.
posted by persona non grata at 11:48 PM on July 23, 2006

Excellent stuff: thanks tjw!
posted by misteraitch at 12:42 AM on July 24, 2006

Great post.
posted by Gator at 4:45 AM on July 24, 2006

Excellent post! Thanks!

[this is good] [so good]
posted by blendor at 3:47 PM on July 24, 2006