NLM Reading Rooms and Services:
History of Medicine Reading Room
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The History of Medicine Division (HMD) holds all book-length material in the NLM printed before 1914, thousands of later pamphlets and dissertations, and all pre-1871 journals. In addition, HMD holds a number of early western, modern and Arabic and Persian manuscripts; historical audiovisuals, including films, videocassettes, slide-tape programs, film strips, and audiocassettes produced between 1910 to present; and approximately 59,000 prints and photographs, including portraits, pictures of institutions, caricatures, genre scenes, and fine graphic art.
The Library revised its security procedures in September 2001, changing the way researchers access the Library. Review the security procedures at http://www.nih.gov/about/visitorsecurity.htm