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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Africa

Adler Museum of Medicine

Museum or Collection Type:
Medicine
Institutional Type:
Museum

Subject:
Dentistry, Medicine, Optometry, Pharmacy

Address:
University of the Witwatersrand Medical School 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa

Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday, 9.30 to 16
Saturdays on request

Contact:
curator@health.wits.ac.za
adler.museum@wits.ac.za
Phone: +27 11 717-2081
Fax: +27 11 717-2081

Links:
Adler Museum of Medicine
University of the Witwatersrand

Description:
In 1962 the Museum of the History of Medicine, brainchild of Dr Cyril Adler, was formally inaugurated at a public lecture held in the Great Hall of the University of the Witwatersrand in April. The inaugural address was delivered by Major-General AJ Orenstein.

The Museum's role was to collect and preserve for posterity all material that would illustrate the history of medicine in general and of South Africa in particular.

Further Reading:
The Adler Museum Bulletin: http://www.wits.ac.za/academic/health/museums/adlermuseum/bulletin/10361/a_journal_of_the_history_of_medicine.html