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Journal Article Book Reviews Get access JOHN F. FULTON. A Bibliography of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Fellow of the Royal Society, 2d ed. Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1961. xxvi, 218 pp. port. front., 26 illus. 50s. F. N. L. POYNTER F. N. L. POYNTER Chief Librarian, Wellcome Historical Medical Library, London, England. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume XVII, Issue 1, January 1962, Pages 198–200, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/XVII.1.198 Published: 01 January 1962

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Books Reviews Get access JOHN COLLOP. The Poems. Conrad Hilberry, Ed. Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1962. xii, 227 pp. $5.50. F. N. L. POYNTER F. N. L. POYNTER Librarian, The Wellcome Historical Medical Library, London, England Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume XVII, Issue 3, July 1962, Pages 425–426, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/XVII.3.425 Published: 01 July 1962

Max Neuburger.

CentaurusVolume 4, Issue 1 p. 67-79 Obituaries MAX NEUBURGER E. Ashworth Underwood, Director, Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library, London.Search for more papers by this author E. Ashworth Underwood, Director, Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library, London.Search for more papers by this author First published: March 1955 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.1955.tb00471.x AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume4, Issue1March 1955Pages 67-79 RelatedInformation

The collection of early veterinary works in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library.

The collection of early veterinary works in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library.

The Opening of The Wellcome Historical Medical Library

The Opening of The Wellcome Historical Medical Library

Wellcome Historical Medical Library

Wellcome Historical Medical Library

Wellcome Historical Medical Library

THE re-opening, at the Wellcome Research Institution, 183 Euston Road, London, N.W.I, of the Wellcome Historical Medical Library was marked by a luncheon attended by a number of distinguished librarians and others interested in the history of medicine and the allied sciences. After the luncheon, an address was given by Dr. Ashworth Underwood, director of the Library and of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Dr. Underwood recalled that both the Library and the Museum had been built up as a private interest by the late Sir Henry Wellcome. The Library consists of more than 200,000 volumes, many of which are extremely rare. The collection of incunabula (books printed before the end of the fifteenth century) contains 632 volumes and is the second largest collection of medical and cognate incunabula in the world. Equally important is the sixteenth-century collection, which contains a number of hitherto unrecorded works. Sir Henry Wellcome began his collection about 1895, and thereafter he had frequently added as many as two thousand volumes a year, and in one year the number reached more than five thousand. His collection of incunabula was commenced some tune before 1897, and by the First World War he had more than two hundred and fifty. The Library is one of the world's greatest collections, built up by a single individual, and its importance for the study of the history of medicine and the sciences is very great. Dr. Underwood paid a tribute to the work carried out by Mr. W. J. Bishop, the librarian, Mr. F. N. L. Poynter, the deputy librarian, and the staff of the Library, in bringing it to its present condition.