The Edgar McGuire Medical Instrument Collection includes a fascinating array of microscopes, dental and surgical instruments, and other artifacts that illustrate past medical and dental procedures. Also notable is the Bonnie and Vern Bullough History of Nursing Collection, which includes works by and about Florence Nightingale. The collection contains more than 12,000 volumes of 19th century books with particular strengths in surgery, gynecology-obstetrics, pharmacology, dentistry, psychiatry, and, more recently, oncology. There are about 500 volumes of pre-19th century books, the oldest of which dates to 1493.
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