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Based at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, the Medical History Collections are among the finest in Scotland, and include material from Dundee Royal Infirmary, Royal Dundee Liff Hospital and Sunnyside Hospital near Montrose.
Click on the links to find out more about our Exhibitions and Collections. You can also read about some of Tayside's many medical pioneers.
We are a partner in the Scotland & Medicine project (nominated for the Gulbenkian Prize 2007) and a member of the UK Medical Collections Group.
The opening of Tayside Medical History Museum's latest exhibition will be marked by a special free event at Ninewells Hospital on Tuesday 1st November as part of Dundee Science Festival. Mending the Broken Heart: The Evolution of Cardiology in Tayside features short talks by leading cardiologists Professors Stuart Pringle and Chim Lang from the Department of Cardiology at Ninewells Hospital, and Dr Graham Lowe, curator of the museum.
The talks will chart the progress of diagnosis and treatment of heart disease over the past century, concentrating on the achievements within Tayside. The roots of modern cardiology can be traced to a small farm outside Scone in Perthshire, where the noted general practitioner and cardiologist Sir James Mackenzie was born. Mackenzie revolutionised the investigation of heart disease and at the start of the 20th century he was widely recognised as the world authority on the heart.
From modest beginnings at Dundee Royal Infirmary in the 1920s, the Cardiology department in Dundee has flourished into an international centre of excellence. The talks will cover the pioneering cardiac catheterisation studies of Sir Ian Hill's team in the 1950s and 60s through to more recent developments in diagnosis, imaging and therapy. This will include ground-breaking research now being undertaken into new drug therapies in Dundee and remarkable technological advances in the visualisation, teaching and treatment of heart disease.
The talks will take place at 5.30pm in Lecture Theatre 2 at Ninewells Hospital, next to the Medical History Museum displays. Admission is free and there is no need to book. After the event there will be a chance to see the accompanying exhibition, which features unique instruments, equipment and treatments used by Mackenzie, Hill and other local pioneers. The exhibition will be on show until early 2012 - further information will be added to our Medical Exhibitions page soon.
The original Sick Bay on the RRS Discovery has recently been opened up to the public and includes various medical artefacts on loan from the Tayside Medical History Museum. The new display also includes a replica figure of Reginald Koettlitz, the ship's surgeon. The Discovery Expedition saw the first ever surgical operation in Antarctica when Lieutenant Royds underwent the removal of a cyst on his face.
To find out more visit the Discovery Point website.
In May 2010 we opened our second satellite display at Blairgowrie Community Hospital. Exploring the history of medical care in Blairgowrie and Rattray, much of the work on the display was done by museum volunteer Dr Jim McKellican, a native of Blairgowrie. Jim has also written a booklet on the history of Blairgowrie and Strathmore Hospitals which is available from Blairgowrie Community Hospital or the Tayside Medical History Museum.
As part of our remit to reflect medical history throughout Tayside, in September 2009 we opened our first satellite display at Aberfeldy Community Hospital. Officially opened to mark the centenary of the hospital, the display features artefacts used in the hospital over the past 100 years along with photos of well-known staff such as Dr Swanson, Dr Yellowlees and Matron Cameron. The display can be seen in the hospital foyer area during normal opening hours.
In 2008 Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health & Wellbeing, visited the Medical History Museum as part of a tour of Ninewells Hospital. Medical curator Dr Graham Lowe was on hand to show her some of the permanent displays and the Medical Impressions exhibition.
As part of the Scotland & Medicine project we have helped to create a new leaflet on the medical history of Fife and Tayside. The leaflet lists all of the important medical museum and archive collections in the area and describes some of the many significant medical discoveries and personalities that originated here. To receive a copy, contact us on 01382 384310 or museum@dundee.ac.uk
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