Medical Trade Catalog Guide Available

[Lois Black <lblack@health.nyam.org>]

The New York Academy of Medicine Library has prepared a finding aid to
its collection of nearly 1,500 medical trade catalogs. The collection,
which dates from 1831-1964, is nearly as varied as medicine itself. It
includes catalogs of medical and surgical instruments; dental and ocular
equipment; pharmaceutical products; and hospital furnishings, among others.

This illustrated guide is divided into the following sections: Trade
Catalogs Listed Alphabetically by Company Name; Trade Catalogs Listed by
Subject; and a List of Company Names with Subject Headings. Medical
subject headings (MeSH) are used whenever possible; Library of Congress
(LCSH) are substituted if no MeSH heading is applicable.

Copies of the 105-page catalog are for sale for $15.00 (all orders
require prepayment), and may be ordered by writing to: Historical
Collections, The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New
York, NY  10029. For further information, please send e-mail to
history@nyam.org, or call (212) 876-8200, ext. 313.


Lois Black
Acting Curator, Historical Collections
The New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY  10029