Pictures from the Past of the Healing Arts / Orvostörténeti Közlemények – Supplementum 18-19. (Budapest, 2000)

Preface

the Semmelweis Medical Historical Museum and Library. Its other function is to collect, preserve and scientifically catalogue the objects and documents of medical history, and present them in exhibitions. To this goes the prccious collection of the Archives. The Library with the a collection of almost 100,000 volumes is an indispensable place for scientific research work and documentation. This present volume aims at introducing the reader to this manifold activity and the results of this work. Preface to the 1972 edition 9