The  History of Medicine Division (HMD) of the U.S National Library of Medicine (NLM) announces the launch of a new image platform for its premier database, Images from the History of Medicine (IHM).  The IHM provides access to nearly 70,000 images in the collections of the HMD.

Visit http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/ to see the collection of portraits, photographs, fine prints, caricatures, genre scenes, posters, and other graphic art which illustrates the social and historical aspects of medicine from the Middle Ages to the present. Subjects range from medieval medical practice to 19th century slum conditions to World War I hospitals to the international fight against drug abuse and AIDS. Most of the images in the collection are from earlier time periods, although 20th century images are also included, the majority dating from before World War II.

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