title: The legacy of New Jersey physician book collectors.
abstract: This article offers a brief history of the development of New Jersey's major history of medicine collection, and an overview of selected resources currently available to researchers. Old and rare medical books now are available to a new generation of physicians and scholars.
authors.affiliation: UMDNJ-George F. Smith Library, Newark 07103-2754.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Irwin
mesh_terms: D001868:Book Collecting / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000266:history*; D007996:Library Associations / Q000266:history*; D016243:Library Collection Development / Q000266:history*; D009515:New Jersey