Over 80,000 rare books cover topics such as surgery, pharmacy, botany, cookery and hospital care.

Handwritten papers from the 15th to the 20th c. show personal experiences and ideas about medicine and science and cover several languages.

The library has over 1,000 medical & scientific artifacts, from glass eyes to traveling pharmaceutical kits (above), from the 19th & 20th c.

Secret Lives of Books opens the stacks to reveal captivating stories of health, illness, and the human experience.