Surgical Textbooks
The Museum library includes a large collection of historical textbooks that illustrate equipment and techniques from the 1500s to the present day.
The 15,000-volume collection also contains pharmacopoeias, histories of medical institutions and organisations, biographies, local and trade directories and general books covering most aspects of the history of medicine.
Microfilm copies of London trade directories from 1800 to 1900 are also available.
