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Address:
Medizinhistorisches Institut und Museum, Hirschengraben 82, 8001 Zürich

Opening Hours:
Thurs - Fri 1 pm to 6 pm closed: Sunday 17th of September
Sat / Sun 11 am to 5 pm

Contact:
Prof. Dr. Christoph Mörgeli, Director
Phone: ++41 44 634 20 73
Fax: ++41 44 634 36 90

Links:
Medizinhistorisches Museum der Universität Zürich
Universität Zürich

Description:
The University of Zurich's Museum of the History of Medicine provides an overview of the development of medicine and the art of healing from prehistory up to today. The permanent exhibition displays a selection of the many objects in the Museum's overall collection. Visitors can compare old surgical techniques with the newest methods in anaesthesia, asepsis, x-rays and blood substitutes, and they can learn about surgical specialties or discover the fundamentals of anatomy and physiology. The Museum also shows the history of infectious diseases such as the Pest, leprosy, syphilis, smallpox, tuberculosis, polio and AIDS. Other topics include patient care and medication over the course of history.

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