This booklet would have been distributed to patients staying at the Toronto General Hospital. Inside, it includes information on meals, visiting hours, and laundry services.…
The Department of Medicine of Victoria University was established in 1853. This annual announcement from the Medical Department indicates that the 1872-1873 session began in…
The King’s College medical faculty was opened in 1843, one of the first medical schools in Ontario. This building, which housed the newly founded medical…
This prescription pad belonged to Toronto family physician, Dr. W.G. McCormack. (c. 1930) Source: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
by Paul Greenham Recent additions to the catalogue include an entire new category: Astronomy. This addition results from joint plans between UTSIC and the Department…
by Nicolas Sanchez-Guerrero When researching the history of scientific instruments, scholars hope to complement the physical description of objects with insights on personal, institutional, and…
by Erich Weidenhammer Recently, we added a new search option to the instrument database: a quick list of every instrument that we are currently unable…
by Jennifer Bazar Over the past year, members of the University of Toronto Scientific Instruments Collection have been working in collaboration with the Department of Psychology at…
by Erich Weidenhammer Over the spring and summer of 2011, several generous donations have made it possible for us to take the first steps towards…
by Sebastian Assenza Many extraordinary scientific instruments found their way into the UTSIC collection after being deemed obsolete by one or more of the university’s…