The Dittrick Medical History museum grew from the late 19th-century efforts of Dudley Peter Allen, M.D. a founder of the Cleveland Medical Library Association, to preserve the medical heritage of northeastern Ohio by preserving the equipment of its physicians. The idea was carried on and expanded by Howard Dittrick, M.D., who was first involved with the collection about 1925. Dittrick was named Curator of the museum in 1928 and later Director.
Since 1981, under the leadership of curator James Edmonson, the museum has emphasized collecting things relevant to the immediate geographic area, has continued to build on strengths already in the collection, particularly microscopy and surgical instrumentation, and has developed some new areas of collecting, most notably in endoscopy. Read Full Story
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