Who Named It?A biographical dictionary of medical eponyms, i.e. medical conditions and techniques and the people for whom they are named. http://www.whonamedit.com |
National Library of Medicine: History ofExtensive collection of material. Open to the public. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd |
Images from the History of MedicineProvides 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 http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov |
MedHistSearchable 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 |
Phineas GageTells 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 |
The Virtual LaboratoryA 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 |
Global Project on the History of LeprosyThe International Leprosy Association is developing a database of leprosy archives around the world. http://www.leprosyhistory.org |
Public Record Office | Hospital RecordsThis database provides information on the existence and location of the records of hospitals in the UK. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords |
Lothian Health Services ArchiveA 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 |
History of AnaesthesiaGASMAN - 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 |
Bulletin of the History of MedicineOfficial publication of the American Association for the History of Medicine. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/bulletin_of_the_history_of_medicine |
History of BiomedicineFeatures 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 |
ECG Library: A (Not So) Brief History ofAn illustrated timeline from 1600 onwards, including electrocuting chickens (1775) and hypothermic dogs (1953). http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghist.html |
US 19th-Century Doctors` Thoughts aboutExcerpts 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 |
150 Years of Anesthesia 1846-1996"We Have Conquered Pain: A Celebration of Ether," presented by Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University. http://brain.mgh.harvard.edu:100/history/ether1.htm |
Dying to Have a Baby - The History ofChronicles the dangers that women and their newborns have faced during labor and delivery. http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/manitoba_womens_health/hist1.htm |
The History of DentistryThe story how dentistry developed through the ages to become the sophisticated medical science of today. http://www.sadanet.co.za/dhw/history/overview.html |
Medical MilestonesIndiainfoline presents med milestones giving the major breakthroughs in medical science that took place during the 20th Century. http://www.indiainfoline.com/phar/mile/arch.html |
Sigerist Circle Home PageOrganization of medical historians, focusing on issues of class, race, and gender. http://www.sigeristcircle.org |
History of the Royal College of GeneralShows 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 |
Pictures of HealthHealth 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 |