Museum of the History of Medicine
A journey through the history of medicine throughout the centuries.

📜 Dedicated to the history of medicine and its transmission in Toulouse, this museum houses a collection of instruments, paintings, and documents covering seven centuries of local and global history.

Why Go

🏛️ Shares a wing of the Hôtel Saint Jacques, a former hospital active since the 1100s with impressive architecture overlooking the river Garonne.
🔬 Founded in 1983 by Pr. Jean-Charles Auvergnat to give an overview of the historical, scientific, technical, and artistic sides of medicine.
🖼️ Features a 19th-century pharmacy with beautiful woodwork.
🩺 See rare pieces like face moldings of skin diseases, an 18th-century oil painting of a patient with a gigantic hernia, and a Napoleonic-era abortion table.

Cost

💰 Free entry.

Hours

🕒 Open Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays from 11 am to 5 pm.

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