Many doctors need to find and use images and illustrations for presentations and lectures. There are many medical images available via the Internet and more are becoming available. They can be readily copied and pasted. Although copyright must be observed, images are generally royalty free. However, these images are often large files and take a long time to download. Also, you may need to review many images before finding just the right one - and you can end up easily spending a lot of time in the hunt !

HON Media Gallery offers a searchable database of medical movies and images which includes x-rays, movies of surgery, articulation and various media of interest to medical professionals and students at http://www.hon.ch/Media/media.html.

Medical Slides at www.medslides.com is the world’s premier site for medical slides. You need to register, but this is free. Medslides provides valuable, up-to-date and easy-to-use medical information in a concise slide presentation format. Medslides revolutionizes the way medical information is exchanged and shared over the Internet. You can also contribute to this superb collection by uploading your educational materials, so that you can help to teach doctors from all over the world !

PhotoRounds at http://www.netmedicine.com/photo/photos.htm provides a superb group of clinical cases with images - you can test your clinical skills as well by trying to spot the diagnosis !

Perspectives on Disease at http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/perspect.htm offers a springboard to a superb collection of medical images on the Web. This is a good place to start your hunt if you are looking for a specific image.