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Name Charles D. Kelman Library
Wills Eye Hospital
 
Address 840 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
 
Contact Judith Schaeffer Young, Library Director
(215) 928-3288
 
Telephone (215) 928-3287
Fax: (215) 928-7247
 
Online http://www.willseye.org/edu/willseyehospital.html
 
Abstract

The Charles D. Kelman Library holds historic and current ophthalmology texts and journals dating from 1772. Use of material and availability for Interlibrary Loan or photocopying is dependent upon the condition of the material.
 
Holdings

Approximately 3,000 monographs including many from the 19th century; 80 journal titles, many from the 19th century onward. Videos, CDs and slides, including a collection of glass slides depicting eye diseases seen by Dr. Arthur Bedell; a small collection of glass eyes.
 
ID
 HMD/075
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Last reviewed: 07 May 2008
Last updated: 10 February 2008
First published: 18 September 2007
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