WSU SpokaneHealth Sciences LibrarySpecial Collections

Special Collections

The WSU Health Sciences Library is home to a collection of historical materials documenting the history of health sciences and medicine. This includes books, periodicals, medical devices, and ephemera. Some materials are about the history of medicine, and other materials are period pieces. This includes:

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spok.lib@wsu.edu

Risse Collection

The WSU Health Sciences Library houses the Guenter Risse Collection, the library of scholar and medical historian Guenter Risse. These books are available for in-library use.

Nursing Fiction

The library holds a small collection of midcentury fiction about nurses. These books, which remain popular reads today, are available to check out from the library.

Medical Devices & Paraphernalia

This collection includes a variety of items including acupuncture educational forms, homeopathy materials, historic medical devices, and more.