Medical Image Resources
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Yale Medical Library Digital Image Collections
The Cushing/Whitney Medical Digital Library is a growing collection of digital resources made available on the web. See the Medical Library's website and the Medical Historical Library for additional information and resources.
Yale Medical Library's Images for Teaching
Numerous collections from Yale and elsewhere to support teaching and learning in medicine.
Images.MD: Online Encyclopedia of Medical Images
Medical images that cover the entire spectrum of clinical medicine, each accompanied by detailed text written by experts from Springer Images.
American Social Hygiene Posters
University of Minnesota collection of social hygiene posters from 1910-1970; search by year, topic, or browse by categories including family health, mental health, women, and more
AnatQuest Anatomic Images Online
National Library of Medicine's image collection contains high resolution cryosectional (cross-sections and/or slices) color images of the human anatomy
Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Browseable collection of over 1,000 endoscopic images; categories include esophagus, stomach, colon, and more
Brain Biodiversity Bank Atlases
Michigan State University online atlases of the brains of humans, sheep, dolphins, and more.
DermAtlas: Dermatology Image Atlas
Collection of over 10,000 dermatology images; search by term or browse by categories, diagnoses or body sites
Online collection of Genome Sciences images from the Department of Energy Human Genome Project; search by topic or browse by categories including Human Chromosome Gallery, Basic Genomics, and more
Harvard University | Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics
Part of the Harvard Open Collections Project (OCP), this collection provides general background information on diseases and epidemics worldwide
Women Working 1800-1930 | Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics | Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930
Online atlas of the human brain from Harvard Medicine; browse for a variety of images by normal brain or brain disease type.
Over 50,000 high-quality medical images from the renowned medical books on MD Consult.Images include photos, tables, graphs, and more. Choose Images from the search drop-down menu.
National Library of Medicine (NLM), Online Exhibitions & Digital Projects
The NLM's digital repository to provide access to and preservation of digital content not covered by PubMedCentral and the NIH CIT Videocast project.
NYPL Digital Gallery Pictures of Science: 700 Years of Scientific and Medical Illustration
Contains images from the thirteenth through the early twentieth century in the fields of astronomy, chemistry, geology, mathematics, medicine, and physics, as represented by manuscript illuminations, engravings, lithographs, and photographs from the New York Public Library.
U.S. National Library of Medicine Images from the History of Medicine
Photography, prints and graphic art from the History of Medicine Division of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Wellcome Library Medical Photos
Includes over 40, 000 contemporary and historical medical images from UK teaching hospitals and research institutes.
Compiled by Ian McDermott, Assistant Librarian at the Yale Center for British Art
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| Arzneibuch, Germany, ca. 1675. A monk performs an eye operation |