LibGuides: Resources in Art and Architecture on the Web: Anatomy &amp; Medicine

Anatomy & Medicine

Artificial Anatomy: Papier-Mache Anatomical Models
Old site from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
Dream Anatomy
Online exhibition from the U. S. National Library of Medicine.
Johns Hopkins University: Chinese Public Health Campaign Slides 1950s-70s
Consists of 415 educational public health campaign slides from mainland China. Available through JSTOR.
Kleiner Welt Spiegel
Anatomical book by Johann Remmelin, published in 1661. Features movable flaps that can be raised to show various anatomical features. From the Internet Archive.
Leiden University Libraries: Anatomical Drawings
Anatomical drawings from 1750 until 1900.
Leiden University Libraries: Icones Plantarum Malabaricarum
Early 18th century botanical drawings of medicinal plants from Ceylon.
Muscle Atlas
Medical illustrations from the University of Washington Department of Radiology.
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
"Small, colorfully illustrated advertising cards touting a particular medicine and its many cures." From UCLA.
Pictures of Science: 700 Years of Scientific and Medical Illustration
From the New York Public Library.
Royal College of Surgeons Special Collections
Digitized materials include records, photographs, and anatomical illustrations.
SVA Covid Collection
The School of Visual Arts artistic response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Available via JSTOR.

Benjamin Robert Haydon. Anatomical Drawings of the Bones, Muscles and Tendons of the Arm and Hands. ca. 1805. Royal Academy of Arts. Public Domain.