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http://medhist.ac.uk/   » MedHist Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://medhist.ac.uk/


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http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/History/ether1.htm   » 150 Years of Anesthesia 1846-1996 Open in a new browser window
   Presented by Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University. Articles discuss the impact, people involved, surgery before anesthesia and current developments in the field.
   http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/History/ether1.htm

http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/medmuseum/galleryexhibits/beatgoesonhistory/beatgoesonhistory.html   » A History of Cardiology Open in a new browser window
   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
   http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/medmuseum/galleryexhibits/beatgoesonhistory/beatgoesonhistory.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/15569/hist-1.html   » A Short History of Medical Careers Open in a new browser window
   From prehistoric shamanism to the 20th Century specialist.
   http://library.thinkquest.org/15569/hist-1.html

http://www.medicinaantiqua.org.uk/Medant/   » Ancient Medicine/Medicina Antiqua Open in a new browser window
   Chronicles the practice of Medicine in the Greek and Roman eras, with translations of works by Hippocrates and Galen as well as essays, bibliographies, mailing lists, and othe resources.
   http://www.medicinaantiqua.org.uk/Medant/

http://www.anes.uab.edu/aneshist/aneshist.htm   » Anesthesia History Open in a new browser window
   Index to history of anaestheia resources on the Web
   http://www.anes.uab.edu/aneshist/aneshist.htm

http://www.medlib.iupui.edu/hom/biblio.html   » Bibliography of Secondary Works in the History of Medicine and Related Health Fields Open in a new browser window
   A non-critical electronic bibliography from the Ruth Lilly Medical Library of monographs and classic works in the field of American history of medicine and related topics.
   http://www.medlib.iupui.edu/hom/biblio.html

http://www.mic.ki.se/Arab.html   » Classical Islamic Biomedicine Open in a new browser window
   Index website maintained by the Karolinska Institute.
   http://www.mic.ki.se/Arab.html

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/davidigrove/DavidGrove.htm   » David Grove Open in a new browser window
   Dr. Grove is the author of "A Human History of Helminthology", "Strongyloidiasis: a major roundworm infection of man" and "Alternative Medicine: fact or fiction?".
   http://mywebpage.netscape.com/davidigrove/DavidGrove.htm

http://www.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/sem/Rufus.pdf   » Dietetic fragments of Rufus of Ephesos in Syriac language Open in a new browser window
   This site contains an edition of dietetic fragments of Rufus of Ephesos in Syriac language, together with German translation and commentary. PDF (1,3 MB)
   http://www.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/sem/Rufus.pdf

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/directory/directoryhome.html   » Directory of History of Medicine Collections (NLM) Open in a new browser window
   Database of libraries, archives, research, and museums that could be of interest to scholars interested in the history of the health sciences.
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/directory/directoryhome.html

http://www.rootsweb.com/~txsmith/pioneers/childress/toc.html   » Dr. Samuel Overton, 19th Century Rural Physician Open in a new browser window
   Comprehensive study of the life and work of a rural East Texas physician in the last half of the nineteenth century. Based on over 12,500 entries transcribed from his journals.
   http://www.rootsweb.com/~txsmith/pioneers/childress/toc.html

http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/manitoba_womens_health/hist1.htm   » Dying to Have a Baby - The History of Childbirth Open in a new browser window
   Chronicles the dangers that women and their newborns have faced during labor and delivery.
   http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/manitoba_womens_health/hist1.htm

http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghist.html   » ECG Library: A (Not So) Brief History of Electrocardiography Open in a new browser window
   An illustrated timeline from 1600 onwards, including electrocuting chickens (1775) and hypothermic dogs (1953).
   http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghist.html

http://www.librarycompany.org/doctor/everyman.html   » Every Man His Own Doctor Open in a new browser window
   An online exhibit on Popular Medicine in Early America, from Colonial times to the mid 19th Century.
   http://www.librarycompany.org/doctor/everyman.html

http://www.flash-med.com/Flash-Med-Trivia.asp   » Flash-Med:Medicine history and trivia Open in a new browser window
   Medical education resource with facts and trivia about the history of medicine in a question and answer format.
   http://www.flash-med.com/Flash-Med-Trivia.asp

http://www.leprosyhistory.org   » Global Project on the History of Leprosy Open in a new browser window
   The International Leprosy Association is developing a database of leprosy archives around the world.
   http://www.leprosyhistory.org

http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/hist-science/medic.html   » H-GIG Medicine and Public Health links. Open in a new browser window
   Useful links from the University of California, Riverside.
   http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/hist-science/medic.html

http://www.healthservice.info/   » Health Service Development and History Open in a new browser window
   Current developments in the British NHS, follow up to Geoffrey Rivett's Book, From Cradle to Grave
   http://www.healthservice.info/

http://www.collphyphil.org/HMDLSubweb/indexhmdl.htm_1.htm   » Historical Medical Digital Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia Open in a new browser window
   Title pages, contents pages, indexes, illustrations, and extracts from the text of many books availabale online.
   http://www.collphyphil.org/HMDLSubweb/indexhmdl.htm_1.htm

http://www.johnpowell.net/   » History of Anaesthesia Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.johnpowell.net/

http://www.mic.ki.se/History.html   » History of Biomedicine Open in a new browser window
   Features a historical perspective of the medical and biomedical fields, including useful research links. From the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.
   http://www.mic.ki.se/History.html

http://www.mic.ki.se/Indig.html   » History of Biomedicine: Indigenous Cultures Open in a new browser window
   Numerous links to web pages on the contributions of indigenous cultures to the practice of medicine, from pre-history to present.
   http://www.mic.ki.se/Indig.html

http://www.mla-hhss.org/histlink.htm   » History of the Health Sciences Web Resources Open in a new browser window
   List of links maintained by Patricia Gallagher and Stephen Greenburg for the History of the Health Sciences Section of MLA
   http://www.mla-hhss.org/histlink.htm

http://www.rcgp.org.uk/history/histories/index.asp   » History of the Royal College of General Practitioners Open in a new browser window
   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
   http://www.rcgp.org.uk/history/histories/index.asp

http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/   » Images from the History of Medicine Open in a new browser window
   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 grap
   http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20020214.shtml   » In Our Time: Anatomy Open in a new browser window
   BBC Radio 4 discussion of 2,000 years of the study of human anatomy.
   http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20020214.shtml

http://www.nhshistory.net/London's_hospitals.htm   » London's Hospital System, Open in a new browser window
   How London's hospitals were formed and came to provide services to London. eBook of Geoffrey Rivett's history published by Kings Fund in 1986
   http://www.nhshistory.net/London's_hospitals.htm

http://www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk/   » Lothian Health Services Archive Open in a new browser window
   A repository for institutional administrative and clinical records, private papers, photographs and objects relating to the past and present of Lothian health.
   http://www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk/

http://www.materia-medica-sinica.de/   » MMS - materia medica sinica Open in a new browser window
   Online journal for the history of Chinese medicine.
   http://www.materia-medica-sinica.de/

http://www.madinamerica.com   » Mad in America Open in a new browser window
   A history of medical treatments for mental illness, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric disorders, and why those treatments led to the antipsychiatry movement.
   http://www.madinamerica.com

http://www.medimuseum.com/   » Medicine Museum Open in a new browser window
   Presents an online exhibit with descriptions and photographs of medicines, drugs, chemicals and other materials used in medication of past time. Includes membership details and FAQs.
   http://www.medimuseum.com/

http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/mersenne.html   » Mersenne Open in a new browser window
   UK based discussion list for science, technology and medicine studies
   http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/mersenne.html

http://www.deakin.edu.au/hbs/GAGEPAGE/   » Phineas Gage Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.deakin.edu.au/hbs/GAGEPAGE/

http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/13025/20040119/www.maps.jcu.edu.au/course/hist/index.html   » Pictures of Health Open in a new browser window
   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".
   http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/13025/20040119/www.maps.jcu.edu.au/course/hist/index.html

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PolioHistory/   » PolioHistory - Yahoo Group Open in a new browser window
   A place to share stories and resources about the history of polio; from the epidemics, to the vaccines, to post polio syndrome, to eradication.
   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PolioHistory/

http://www.antique-microscopes.com/prize_microscopes/pz.html   » Prize Microscopes Awarded by the New York Homeopathic Medical College. 1874-1916 Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.antique-microscopes.com/prize_microscopes/pz.html

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/   » Public Record Office | Hospital Records Database Open in a new browser window
   This database provides information on the existence and location of the records of hospitals in the UK.
   http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/

http://www.sigeristcircle.org/   » Sigerist Circle Home Page Open in a new browser window
   Organization of medical historians, focusing on issues of class, race, and gender.
   http://www.sigeristcircle.org/

http://www.spanamwar.com/medical.htm   » Spanish American War Medicine Open in a new browser window
   Medical practice in the Spanish American War, primarily by US Army medical staff and DAR Volunteer nurses upon US soldiers.
   http://www.spanamwar.com/medical.htm

http://info.med.yale.edu/library/historical/speccoll.htm   » Special Collections and Archives in the USA Open in a new browser window
   Portal for history of medical science archive resources. Sorted by state.
   http://info.med.yale.edu/library/historical/speccoll.htm

http://radio.cbc.ca/programs/ideas/Aids/index.html#Photos   » Syphilis and AIDS: Lessons from history Open in a new browser window
   Transcripts of a two-part radio program from 1996 that placed the responses to AIDS, from both socio-cultural and medical standpoints, in historical perspective. Includes various links.
   http://radio.cbc.ca/programs/ideas/Aids/index.html#Photos

http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/A/anatomists/medicine1.html   » The Anatomists Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/A/anatomists/medicine1.html

http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/intro.HTM   » The Ascelpion Open in a new browser window
   Features topics about ancient medicine. Contains texts and illustrations.
   http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/intro.HTM

http://www.california.com/~rathbone/foucbc.htm   » The Birth of the Clinic Open in a new browser window
   Lois Shawver's notes on Foucault's Birth of the Clinic
   http://www.california.com/~rathbone/foucbc.htm

http://www.sadanet.co.za/dhw/history/overview.html   » The History of Dentistry Open in a new browser window
   The story how dentistry developed through the ages to become the sophisticated medical science of today.
   http://www.sadanet.co.za/dhw/history/overview.html

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/154.html   » The Rise of Scientific Medicine Open in a new browser window
   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 e
   http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/154.html

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~sshm/   » The Scottish Society of the History of Medicine Open in a new browser window
   Website of the Scottish Society of the HIstory of Medicine
   http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~sshm/

http://vlp.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/   » The Virtual Laboratory Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://vlp.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/

http://www.logoi.com/notes/chinese_medicine.html   » The origins of Chinese medicine - the early development of medical literature in China Open in a new browser window
   A short account of the origins of Chinese medical texts. Written by Imre Galambos (1996)
   http://www.logoi.com/notes/chinese_medicine.html

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/if_you_knew/if_you_knew_04.html   » US 19th-Century Doctors' Thoughts about Native American Medicine. Open in a new browser window
   Excerpts from comments made by white doctors on the nature of medical practice among Native Americans.
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/if_you_knew/if_you_knew_04.html

http://www.whonamedit.com/   » Who Named It? Open in a new browser window
   A biographical dictionary of medical eponyms, i.e. medical conditions and techniques and the people for whom they are named.
   http://www.whonamedit.com/


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