General and specialized scientific and industrial exhibitions, in Russia and abroad, included sections on medicine and public health. The article uses published catalogues and sources to reconstruct the development of medical expositions during the second half of the 19 ^th century and the early 20 ^th century, their organization, methods of presenting materials, and popularization of medical knowledge and scientific discoveries. The initiative to organize such exhibitions often came from medical professors. Overall, the medical exhibition movement played an important role in the development of preventive medical care and in laying the foundation for many collections of medical devices and materials in historical and medical museums.

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