Vienna - Institute of the History of Medicine

(Local Name: Josephinum) The palatial Late Baroque Josephinum in Vienna was built between 1783 and 1785 and designed by Isidor Canevale for the training of doctors and surgeons. It was remodeled in 1822. It was elevated to the status of military academy in 1854 and from 1918 it has housed the Institute of the History of Medicine and the Pharmacognostic Institute of Medicine. In the court of Honor there is a fountain with the figure of Hygeia and a lead statue by J. M. Fischer from 1787.

The world famous collection of anatomical and obstetric models (anatonomia plastica) in wax was commissioned by Joseph II from Tuscan sculptors and provide an unusual but fascinating collection for the study of the human body.

There is an experimental apothecary's collection which is protected for its historical significance and also a great collection of drugs and remedies.