Daniel Drake: original manuscripts, diplomas, memorabilia
Albert B. Sabin: correspondence, laboratory notebooks, manuscripts, other research papers, photographs, awards, memorabilia, video and audio recordings, microscope slides and more. See Hauck Center for the Albert B. Sabin Archives.
Robert Kehoe: letters and correspondence, research notes, articles. See Finding
guide.
PRIMARY Collection In-library use only: Books from 1500's to 1920, emphasis on medicine in 19th Century America.
Includes original works by Benjamin Rush, John and Charles Bell, and Daniel
Drake.
SECONDARY Collection:
Books from 1920 to present on the history of medicine, pharmacy, and
nursing; these books may be checked out.
Collection of over 1000 medical instruments and equipment from 19th
century. Also catalogs of medical instruments from leading manufacturers
in 19th and early 20th century.
Photographs
Collection includes photographs of medical graduates, residents, faculty;
the buildings of the Medical Center; hospitals and offices from 19th Century
in Cincinnati; medical art; physicians, nurses.
Catalogs of the New York Academy of Medicine Photograph Collection,
Index Medicus, National Library of Medicine Photograph Collection, museum
and private collections.
Oral history Videorecordings of interviews with important physicians, scientists, and other health professionals in Cincinnati medical history, e.g. Deans of the College of Medicine, Department Chairmen, Researchers, Faculty, etc.
Medical Alumni Records
Information about graduates of the 5 medical colleges that merged or affiliated to become the University College of Medicine in 1916, as well as college announcements and commencements from many years.
Hospital Records
Cincinnati General Hospital: patient records, indexes to patients records, and death records from
1837-1977 (some years are missing).
Jewish Hospital, Seton Hospital and Dunham Hospital
United States Civil War collection
Daniel Young's original drawings and pathological studies of wounds
suffered by troops at various battlefields.
Books on medicine in the Civil War including medical personnel rosters,
diaries, and field operations.
Benjamin L. Askue collection. Askue was a Civil War nurse from Cincinnati.
The collection contains his letters, artifacts, and photographs.
A 109-piece set of ceramic jars, replicating a 15th-century apothecary shop, produced by the Cantagalli kiln in Florence, Italy, for the 1899 Paris International Exposition.
Plates from the "Most Splendid Anatomy Ever Published." Mascagni's exquisite anatomy, said to be the largest medical hook ever produced, depicts the dissection from skin to skeleton of a human male about 6 feet tall. The entire body can be illustrated by placing three
plates end-to-end.
Art Collections
Paintings, portraits, art objects, and sculptures depicting people and diseases
in the history of medicine and history of University of Cincinnati College
of Medicine.
