History of Medicine Collection
The History of Medicine Collection holds rare books and serials documenting medical knowledge from the 16th century to the present day.
History of Medicine Collection
The History of Medicine Collection contains rare volumes and serials, mostly originating from the University’s former Institutes of History of Medicine and Pathological Anatomy. It includes over 3,000 monographs and serials spanning from the 16th to the 21st century, as well as 19th-century medical dictionaries in complete sets, publications with high-quality illustrations, and books bearing autographed dedications or ownership stamps of renowned medical scholars.
Items available for loan (Location: Fondo di storia della medicina. Prestito) can be reserved via the Minerva catalogue. Once the item is ready for pick up, you will find it on the trolley next to the self-checkout station. These items are arranged alphabetically by the borrower's last name. The reservation is valid for three days; items that are not collected within three days will be returned to the closed stacks.
Items that are not available for loan (Location: Fondo di storia della medicina. Consultazione) can be consulted in the library, by appointment only. To arrange an appointment, please write to biblio.malliani@unimi.it.
Seminar “Sguardi sulla storia della medicina”
On 11 February 2020, the seminar “Sguardi sulla storia della medicina” (Perspectives on the History of Medicine) was held, where the University’s libraries presented some of their historical and valuable collections, including the History of Medicine Collection preserved at the Malliani Library. The event provided an overview of the collection and discussed selected themes documented within it, including an analysis of Exercitatio Physiologica, an 18th-century work by Bartolomeo de Battisti, a key figure in the history of Milan’s Ospedale Maggiore, and Delle alienazioni mentali ed il miglior metodo di curarle, a mid-19th-century psychiatric volume. The discussion also touched on vaccination and tuberculosis, highlighting their continued relevance today.
The cataloguing of these collections was supported by the Lombardy Region.
Open in: Minerva
Library: Medicine Vialba Centre - Malliani
