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Please enjoy our "Virtual Exhibits." However, note that images CANNOT be used without permission.
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• Anatomical Drawings
  From Pastels to PDA's: Medical Education from the 18th c. to the 21st c. exhibits our collection of sixteen Jan Van Rymsdyk anatomical drawings for the first time together in one display. Opening to the public on December 1, 2009, this exhibition is sure to engage visitors interested in the history of medicine.

• Flower to Pharmacy Exhibition
  This exhibition will showcase the unique botanical volumes that are part of the Historic Library, including works by Linnaeus, Catesby, Bartram, and Barton.

• Natural History
  The Historic Library has many titles important to the study of natural history which contain vivid illustrations of flora and fauna.

• Pennsylvania Hospital Serves in War
  Hospital staff served their country in the World Wars and other conflicts.

• Psychiatry
  Psychiatric care has a long tradition at Pennsylvania Hospital. The majority of patients that presented themselves at the Hospital in its earliest years were "Lunaticks"(sic).

• Schools of Nursing at Pennsylvania Hospital
  From 1914 to 1965, there were two distinct nurse training schools here, one for women, the other for men.

• Surgical Amphitheatre
  The oldest existing surgical amphitheatre in the United States was constructed in 1804.

• Works that Altered the Course of Modern Medicine
  The greats of medicine are well represented at Pennsylvania Hospital. Early editions of Vesalius, Morgagni, Harvey, and Pare, to name just a few, can be found in the Historic Library.