Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Hagströmer Medico-Historical Library

  • Hagströmer Medico-Historical Library

    Anna LantzSweden Anders Johan Hagströmer (1753–1830) was one of Sweden’s leading anatomists and a student of Linnaeus. A cofounder of both the Swedish Society of Medicine and of the Karolinska Institute,1 he was also a collector of medical and scientific books, which he donated to the library of the Collegium Medicum2 in Stockholm. In 1816…