Basque Museum of the History of Medicine and Science, Medical science museum in Elexalde, Spain
The Basque Museum of the History of Medicine and Science is a specialized museum in Elexalde housing thousands of medical objects from different specialties like cardiology and ophthalmology. The collection also includes laboratory equipment and scientific instruments from various periods.
The museum was founded in 1982 at the University of the Basque Country and focuses on preserving medical instruments and scientific artifacts. The emphasis is particularly on objects from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The museum displays objects that show how people in this region treated illness and approached medical care through the generations. The collection helps visitors understand how ideas about health and healing changed over time.
The museum is located on a university campus and can be visited with guided tours that offer deeper insights into the collections. The offerings also include online exhibitions for those who want to explore the objects from home.
The museum preserves rare medical devices, including an electrostatic generator from 1900 and an early respiratory support machine. These objects show how doctors experimented with modern technology a century ago.
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