Commercial Literature
The Museum’s commercial literature collection contains items relating to all aspects of the international medical supply industry. For example ‘quack’ or fringe medicine, pharmacy and surgical instrument manufacturers.
Items range from single sheet flyers and advertising material to 2,000 page catalogues and date from the 1700s to the present day. This collection is unique in its size and breadth of coverage. We also keep microfiche copies of manufacturers’ catalogues held by other museums.
The updated handlist of pre-1971 medical trade catalogues in the Thackray Museum is now available.
It can be ordered from our shop using the booking form or you can download it free of charge using the PDF at the bottom of this page.
The handlist includes details of 4,526 catalogues over 269 pages.
If you would like to buy a copy, please use the link below. It is priced at £15 plus £2.50 p&p.
http://www.thackraymuseum.org/shop.html
To view PDF documents you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. Download a free copy here.
