Welcome to the blog of the History of Medicine Library at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP). Our aim is to promote the Library's collections to both our Members and a wider audience, as well as providing RACP heritage news and updates.
We will also be welcoming guest writers with intimate knowledge and medical expertise to interpret significant and interesting items from our collections in order to support and promote the study of the history of medicine in Australasia and beyond.
History of the Library
"To acquire by purchase, donation or otherwise, a library of scientific works and to maintain and from time to time extend and improve such a library"
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Library steps donated by first Librarian Leslie Cowlishaw, MRACP.
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians was inaugurated in 1938 evolving from the Association of Physicians of Australasia.
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