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Images from the History of Medicine Available Through the NLM® Gateway

Demsey A. Images from the History of Medicine Available Through the NLM® Gateway. NLM Tech Bull. 2009 Sep-Oct;(370):e1.

September 02, 2009 [posted]

The NLM Gateway introduces access to the Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) from the History of Medicine Division (HMD) of the National Library of Medicine® (NLM). The IHM includes nearly 70,000 images from the HMD historical collections. The majority of the images are from the HMD Prints and Photographs Collection. Images include portraits, photographs, caricatures, genre scenes, posters, and graphic art illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine dated from the Middle Ages to the present. For additional information on IHM, see [link removed] New Look, Advanced Features for the NLM Images from the History of Medicine (IHM).

NLM is pleased to provide simultaneous searching and access to this collection in addition to the data in the twenty-three collections that the NLM Gateway currently searches. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at NLM Customer Service.