Health Sciences
Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology
The Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology collection consists of approximately 12,000 specimens and artefacts. The principal displays comprise of dissected human remains (organs, systems or regions), with some of these dating back to the time of Sir Harry Brookes Allen (June 1854 – March 1926). The Harry Brookes Allen Museum’s collection also includes a significant collection of historical plaster, papier mache and wax models.
The Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum
Documents the history of dentistry and dental education in Victoria. It includes historic records and archival material, as well as dental surgery, workroom and laboratory equipment dating from the 18th century to the present day.
Medical History Museum
Houses a research collection which documents the history of the University of Melbourne medical school, its teaching hospitals and achievements of its graduates and, more broadly, the history of medical practice in Victoria. The collection consists of medical, surgical and scientific instruments, archival photographs, academic certificates, personal papers and records, commemorative medals, art works and a fully equipped relocated 19th-century London pharmacy.
Medical Rare Books (previously located in the Brownless Biomedical Library)
This collection is now part of Baillieu Library Special Collections.
This collection numbers approximately 1,850 volumes and covers the vast range of subjects that constitute the history of western medicine, dating from the first medical literature that emerged from the printing presses of the 16th century to the rare, privately published or limited editions of the 20th century. Most items were published before 1850. Cataloguing of this collection in 2007-2008 was made possible by the generous support of the Russell and Mab Grimwade (Miegunyah) Fund. All items are denoted by the prefix UniM SpC/Med on the library catalogue. Shelved in Special Collections in the Baillieu Library, requests for items may be made online. Orders will be accepted up to 30 minutes prior to delivery time. Items will be transferred for reading in the Cultural Collections Reading Room on level 3 of the Baillieu Library.