Dittrick Medical
History Center
Web site: http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/dittrick/site2/
E-mail: jks4@po.cwru.edu
11000 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-1714
216-368-3648
Hours/Days of operation: The
Center is open for researchers from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
The Dittrick Museum of Medical History is open to the public from 10:00
a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Closed Saturdays and Sundays;
January 1, Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Observance ; Memorial Day;
July 4; Labor Day; Thanksgiving and the day after; December 24 and Christmas).
The Dittrick Medical History Museum, founded in the late l9th century,
is one of the largest museums of its kind in the country. Exhibits tell
the story of doctors and patients in the Western Reserve from the earliest
days of settlement into the 20th century. The life and education of the
doctor, the instruments used, and the great changes in medicine, as well
as what the patient faced, are all chapters in the story. The museum is
part of the Dittrick Medical History Center, which is a center for research
in the history of medicine and medical technology. It is a division of
the Cleveland Medical Library Association and affiliated with the College
of Arts and Sciences of Case Western Reserve University. The Museum has
the most comprehensive collection of l9th and early 20th century surgical
instruments in the United States. It is the only museum in northern Ohio
devoted to the history of medicine. The Museum hosts several public lectures
on the history of medicine throughout the year.
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