title: Medical collections in public libraries of the United States: a brief historical study.
abstract: During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it was not unusual for a public library in the United States to include a collection of medical books among its resources. The origin and development of these collections, the growth of the movement, and the factors which contributed to the eventual withdrawal of these collections from the public library are recounted here.
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D007990:Libraries / Q000266:history*; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000266:history; D007996:Library Associations / Q000266:history; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D012014:Reference Books, Medical; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history; D013782:Textbooks as Topic; D014481:United States