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MedHist - Searchable catalog of resources
related to the history of medicine and allied sciences, developed and
managed by the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of
Medicine.
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The Anatomists - Describes the
development of early surgeons progressing from part-time barbers to
skilled medical professionals. Page includes biographies of key historic
figures and events that led to the creation of the Anatomy Act.
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The
Ascelpion - Features topics about ancient
medicine. Contains texts and illustrations.
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Before Depression - A research
project by the English departments of the Universities of Northumbria
and Sunderland on what depression was before it was called depression
(1660-1800). Details of public lectures, a conference, an exhibition and
publications.
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The Birth of the Clinic - Lois Shawver's notes
on Foucault's Birth of the Clinic
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ECG Library: A (Not So) Brief History of
Electrocardiography - An illustrated timeline
from 1600 onwards, including electrocuting chickens (1775) and
hypothermic dogs (1953).
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Every Man His Own Doctor - An
online exhibit on Popular Medicine in Early America, from Colonial times
to the mid 19th Century.
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Flash-Med:Medicine history and trivia -
Medical education resource with facts and trivia about the history of
medicine in a question and answer format.
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Global Project on the History of Leprosy
- The International Leprosy Association is developing a database of
leprosy archives around the world.
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Health Service Development and History
- Current developments in the British NHS, follow up to Geoffrey
Rivett's Book, From Cradle to Grave
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Historical Medical Digital Library of the College of
Physicians of Philadelphia - Title pages,
contents pages, indexes, illustrations, and extracts from the text of
many books availabale online.
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History of Anaesthesia - GASMAN
- A Personal History of Anaesthesia; A memoir and commentary by English
anaesthetist John Powell. It also includes other articles on the History
of Anaesthesia.
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A History of Cardiology -
University of Iowa online exhibition from 1990. Traces the interwoven
history of medical knowledge and technological advance from Galen's
early description of the circulatory system to modern breakthroughs in
prevention, diagnosis and treatment
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History of the Health Sciences Web Resources
- List of links maintained by Patricia Gallagher and Stephen Greenburg
for the History of the Health Sciences Section of MLA
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History of the Royal College of General Practitioners
- Shows establishment of general practice (family medicine) as a
speciality and academic discipline in Great Britain. Includes background
history of general practice, foundation of the College, history of the
College and its building and detailed chronology by subject. Links to
Royal College of General Practitioners Archives pages.
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Images from the History of Medicine
- Provides access to the thousands of prints and photograph collection
of the History of Medicine Division (HMD) of the U.S. National Library
of Medicine (NLM). The collection includes portraits, pictures of
institutions, caricatures, genre scenes, and graphic art in a variety of
media, illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine.
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In Our Time: Anatomy - BBC
Radio 4 discussion of 2,000 years of the study of human anatomy.
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Mad in America - A history of
medical treatments for mental illness, schizophrenia, and other
psychiatric disorders, and why those treatments led to the
antipsychiatry movement.
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Mersenne - UK based discussion list for
science, technology and medicine studies
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The Origins of Chinese Medicine
- A short account by Imre Galambos of the origins of Chinese medical
texts (1996).
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Phineas Gage - Tells the story
of the 19th Century man who survived severe damage to the brain, and how
the accident led to significant changes in his personality and mood.
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Pictures of Health - Health and
public health issues in the 19th century, with sections on "Health of
the Body Politic", "Fever", "War's Cruel Scythe", "Quacks and Quackery",
and "Populate or Perish".
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PolioHistory - Yahoo Group - A place to share
stories and resources about the history of polio; from the epidemics, to
the vaccines, to post polio syndrome, to eradication.
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Prize Microscopes Awarded by the New York Homeopathic
Medical College. 1874-1916 - The New York
Homeopathic Medical College awarded a prize microscope to the best
graduates. This article is about this practice and it describes 5 of
these prize microscopes.
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The
Rise of Scientific Medicine - Course notes and
presentations from University of Stanford course which explores the
historical development of cultural beliefs and institutions in Western
Europe and the United States during the nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries which led to the establishment of the modern system of
medicine.
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A Short History of Medical Careers
- From prehistoric shamanism to the 20th-century specialist. Developed
by students for ThinkQuest.
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Spanish American War Medicine -
Medical practice in the Spanish American War, primarily by US Army
medical staff and DAR Volunteer nurses upon US soldiers.
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US 19th-Century Doctors' Thoughts about Native American
Medicine - Excerpts from comments made by
white doctors on the nature of medical practice among Native Americans.
Exhibition from the National Library of Medicine.
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The Virtual Laboratory - A
platform where historians publish and discuss their research on
experimentation in the life sciences, art, and technology. Managed by
the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.
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Who Named It? - A biographical
dictionary of medical eponyms, i.e. medical conditions and techniques
and the people for whom they are named.
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150 Years of Anesthesia 1846-1996
- Presented by Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University.
Articles discuss the impact, people involved, surgery before anesthesia
and current developments in the field.
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