The Museum of Medical History is located just outside of downtown Sacramento in the administrative offices of the local medical society. Don’t let that fool you, though—it houses an impressive array of old medical equipment and vivid descriptions of medical and nursing history in the Sacramento Valley since the mid-1800s.
The collection includes an iron lung, a super-creepy case of fake eyes, and many early syringes—thank goodness for advances in science. The museum is organized by theme, with different sections focusing on patent medicines and pharmacology, antibiotics and infectious diseases, surgery, quackery, and more.
