The Museum
Main Library
The collection of the Wood Library-Museum includes 13,000 books, over 50 international and domestic journal titles, newsletters, comprehensive biographical material, photo and digital image files.
Main Collection
View images, videos, and hear curator stories about historical apparatus, awards and memorabilia.
Rare Books Collection
The WLM has begun to digitize its Rare Book Collection, including manuscripts, letters, artifacts, portraits, pictures and works which marked the advent of special contributions to anesthesia.
ASA Presidents
Discover who is part of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Presidents.
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Anesthesiology Reflections
Historical vignettes by WLM Honorary Curator George Bause, M.D. alongside images garnered from the library, archives, museum, and art collections of the WLM.
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2019 WLM Lewis H. Wright Memorial Lecture
An Introduction to the WLM
News & Updates
WLM End of Year Report – 2019
Read the 2019 Wood Library-Museum End of Year Report to learn more about how the WLM continues to advance anesthesiology by preserving and sharing the heritage and knowledge.
Read moreRecent News
- Newly Expanded Wood Library-Museum (WLM) of Anesthesiology Opens in Breathtaking New Schaumburg, IL Headquarters
- Kathryn E. McGoldrick, M.D., to Present Airway Management Throughout the Ages: 2018 Lewis H. Wright Lecture
- Selma H. Calmes, M.D. To Receive The 2018 WLM DSA
- WLM Fellow Adrian A. Matioc M.D. An Anesthesiologist’s Perspective on the History of Basic Airway Management: The “Preanesthetic” Era—1700 to 1846
