Patient Links
Many of these links donated by: Virtual Library for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine
Observations of the Bills of Mortality
Western Washington University – http://www.wwu.edu/
John Graunt's Observations on the Bills of Mortality (1662 edition)
General Observations upon the Casualties
Of Particular Casualties
Of the Plague
Other Observations upon the Plague, and Casualties
Of the Sickliness, Healthfulness, and Fruitfulness of Seasons
Of the difference between Burials, and Christnings
Of the difference between the numbers of Males, and Females
Of the growth of the City
Of the Inequality of Parishes
Of the number of Inhabitants
Of the Country Bills
The Table of Casualties
A Short History of the Discovery and Treatment of Diabetes
National Applied Science – http://www.napplisci.com
Specializes in developing and manufacturing implantable biosensor devices.
A Brief History of Diabetes.
Information on Diabetes.
Children with Diabetes.
The National Health Museum
Incorporating Access Excellence
Classic Collection http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/
The Mysteries of Aging: Is Diet a Contributing Factor?
The Heart and the Circulatory System
Genetic Counseling: Coping with the Human Impact of Genetic Disease
The Discovery Of Radioactivity: The Dawn of the Nuclear Age
Radioactivity: Historical Figures
How We See: The First Steps of Human Vision
Discovery, Chance and the Scientific Method
A Visit with Dr. Francis Crick
Restriction Nucleases
Vaccines–How and Why?
Development of Polio Vaccines
Ancient Medicine / Medicina Antiqua
Sponsored by The Episcopal Academy, Merion, Pennsylvania 1906
Hypertext editions, translations of ancient medical works, AM/MA Essays, and other original contributions to Ancient Medicine/Medicina Antiqua pass
through a process of peer review before being posted on the site.
Announcements and other communications are posted as received.
Museum of Contraception
Magazine article, published in SALON
The world contains many museums of erotica (the largest is in Amsterdam), but just one Museum of Contraception.
Anesthesia History Association
Hosted by Dept. Anesthesiology
School of Medicine Univ. Miami
promote, stimulate and encourage research, study, interest and writing in the history of anesthesia and allied medical sciences;
to lend support to and cooperate with local, national and international organizations having similar purposes;
to foster and arrange meetings, forums, discussions, lectures and exhibitions as well as to issue publications and present awards
Antiquariat Für Medizin
Antiquarian Books on Medicine
Basic Online Catalogues Available for Browsing
Archives for Family Practice
American Academy of Family Physicians – AAFP
http://www.aafp.org/
Mainly just a contact page with little information on their actual holdings
The Troubling Legacy of The Tuskegee Syphillis Study
University of Virginia Health System
For 40 years from 1942 to 1972, 399 African American Males were denied treatment for syphilis and deceived by officials of the United States Health Service.
In the 25 years since the details were first revealed, the study has become a powerful symbol of racism in medicine, ethical misconduct in medical research and the abuse of the vulnerable.
See also Internet Resources on the Tuskegee Study (some broken links)
Bakken Library and Museum
A Library and Museum of Electricity in Life
A center for learning that furthers the understanding and applications of electricity and magnetism in the life sciences and medicine.
Founded in 1975 by Earl E. Bakken, inventor of the first transistorized cardiac
pacemaker.
Includes a select listing of their 11,000 books and manuscripts, and a small image gallery.
American Association for the History of Medicine
North America's oldest continuously functioning scholarly organization devoted to the study of all aspects of the history of the health professions
The Associations archives are maintained at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia – http://www.collphyphil.org/
Brief History of Computational Neuroscience
Computer Simulations with Neuron – http://neuron.duke.edu/
Duke University – http://neuron.duke.edu/
Simulations with Neuron – Manual
Brief History of the Basal Ganglia
Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation (ANC)
Division of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh
Search for "Basal Ganglia" – http://anc.ed.ac.uk:80/~anaru/research/history/
Cesarean Section — A Brief History
U.S. National Library of Medicine – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Information provided by American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (5 files)
National Library of Medicine exhibit on the History of Cesarean Section
Charles Woodward Memorial Room
Woodward Biomedical Library, University of British Columbia – http://www.library.ubc.ca/
History of the Charles Woodward Memorial Room
Houses the W.C. Gibson collection in the history of medicine and science
Historical Notes – Dr. William Gibson
ChiMed – History of Medicine in China
Hosted by Albion College – http://www.albion.edu/
Medicine, science, and technology in East Asia
Medical history sites (other than E. Asia)
General history of science, technology and medicine
Resources on alternative medicine
EASCI: The History of East Asian Science Discussion Group
College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Educational and cultural not-for-profit society that focuses on the changing role of doctors in contemporary society and vital issues such as bioethics, the relevance of medical history for today's policymakers, and the recognition that medicine is both an art and a science
Columbia University – History of Public Health and Medicine
Program in History of Public Health and Medicine (HPHM). Masters in Public Health and a PhD in Histor
The goal of the Program: knowledge and ability to work in academic, policy and administrative positions.
Public health practitioners, policy analysts, epidemiologists, practicing physicians, and lawyers, as well as recent college graduates with a background in history, sociology, political science, ethics or other humanities and social sciences are encouraged to apply for admission.
Dittrick Medical History Center
College of Arts and Sciences of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Dedicated to the study of the medical past through a distinguished collection of rare books
Museum artifacts, archives, and images
Selected bibliography of medical history in Ohio http://www.cwru.edu/affil/MedHist/histbib.htm
Dying to have a Baby – The History of Child Birth
Two great curses haunted natural childbirth from ancient times, the shrunken pelvis and obstructed labour.
With urbanization and hospitalization, puerperal fever became common.
Because so often mothers died in childbirth and children in infancy, attitudes towards birth and babies were different from ours.
Parents expected that children would die in infancy, and death in childbirth was an expected tragedy.
From Quackery to Bacteriology
From Quackery to Bacteriology: The Emergence of Modern Medicine in 19th Century America: An Exhibition
Galen II – Archives and Special Collections
Overview of Collections
Contemporary Collecting Projects/Digital Archives
HISTLINE — History of Medicine database from the National Library of Medicine.
Additional Resources in the History of Medicine
Greater Glasgow Health Board (GGHB) Archive
The website provides a summary guide to archives of Glasgow hospitals, clinics and administrative bodies of the National Health Service in Glasgow.
Greek and Roman Medicine
Lee T. Pearcy
The Episcopal Academy
Merion, Pennsylvania 19066, USA
An Introductory Bibliography for Graduate Students in Classics
Gynecology – A Historical Perspective
Gynaecology may be said to be one of the most ancient branches of medicine
The papyrus of Ebers, which is one of the oldest known works on medicine and dates from 1550 B.C., contains references to the diseases of women, and it is recorded that specialism in this branch was known amongst Egyptian medical practitioners.
The Vedas contains a list of therapeutic agents used in the treatment of gynaecological diseases. From the 1910 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannia
Health Heritage Research Services
Christopher J. Rutty, Ph.D
Medical Historian – Health Heritage Consultant
Provides a wide range of medical history/health heritage research, writing, consulting and creative services to a wide range of clients. The HHRS Website provides further information, as well as a unique collection of Useful Health Heritage Internet Resources.
History of heart disease
Part of Franklin Institute Online
Milestones in Cardiology
Before 1900, very few people died of heart disease. Since then, heart disease has become the number one killer in the United States.
Historical Library of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Medical Reference Library
Large and unique collection of rare medical books, medical journals to 1920, pamphlets, prints, and photographs, as well as current works on the history of medicine
Selected Internet Resources in the History of Medicine and Science
Selected Special Collections and Archives in the History of Medicine
Using History of Science and Technology (HST) — Telnet Version to find
secondary sources in the history of science, technology, and medicine.
Using History of Science and Technology (HST) — WWW Version.
Using HISTLINE to find secondary sources in the History of Medicine.
Electronic Text Project
Historical Medical Tour of Galveston
Historical Medical Tour of Galveston is based on a brochure, 'Galveston: Historical Medical Sites', published by the The Chauncey Leake History of Medicine Society.
History of Biomedicine
Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden
General Museums,
Libraries & Special Collections
Mesopotamian Medicine
Ancient Egyptian Medicine
Traditional Indian Medicine
Classical Islamic Biomedicine
Western Biomedicine: Ancient Period, – 499 A.D.; Medieval Period, 500 – 1450; Early Modern Period, 1451 – 1600; Modern Period, 1601 –
History of Diseases
History of Brain Surgery
Brain surgery is perhaps the oldest of the practiced medical arts. No hard evidence exists suggesting a beginning to the practice of other facets of medicine such as pharmacology — using drugs, chemical and natural ingredients to help a fellow human being. There is ample evidence, however, of brain surgery, dating back to the Neolithic (late Stone Age) period.
History of Medicine Division
The National Library of Medicine's resources for historical scholarship in medicine and related sciences are among the richest of any institution in the world. Collected over many years, the material in the History of Medicine Division (HMD) provides researchers with sources both rare in availability and exhaustive in scope.
History of Neurosurgery
Ether – "We have conquered pain" A Celebration of Ether 1846-1996
Etherdome and the first public demonstration of general anesthesia for surgery
Positron Emission Tomography (link to Emory Center for PET)
History of Stereotactic Radiosurgery
History of Nutritional Science
G. R. (Bob) Frank
Useful bibliographical listings, including the full text of a chronology of the science of nutrition. ( http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gr_frank/nutrchrn.htm )
Suggested reading fromJournal of Nutrition (abstracts can be browsed).
Some other material – primarily advertisments for books
History of the Health Sciences
Medical Library Association
Hosted by Duke University
Basic details about the section and the benefits it offers members
To stimulate and support interest in the history of the health sciences among libraries and librarians
Images from the History of Medicine
Access to the nearly 60,000 images in prints and photographs
Includes portraits, pictures of institutions, caricatures, genre scenes, and graphic art in a variety of media, illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine.
Institute of the History of Medicine
Department of the History of Science, Medicine and Technology
History of Science, Medicine & Technology
General History Indices
Iconographic Indices
Archives & Manuscripts
International Bibliographic Guide to the History of Pathology
Axel W. Bauer
University of Heidelberg (Germany)
Contains references to over 1300 monographs and articles on the history of pathology which have been published between 1801 and 1996.
The documents themselves are not present.
Perhaps a good reference point for a PhD literature review.
History Of Pain Collection
John C. Liebeskind – History & Special Collections Division
Includes brief details of archival collections and other resources
Oral history catalogue of interviews with "scientists, physicians, and other health professionals in the field of pain, and with chronic pain patients". The listing includes some biographical notes & abstracts.
John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society
Basic contact and membership information with details of upcoming events
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Tables of Contents and abstracts
Table of Contents email service
Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
Official Journal of the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences World Federation of Neurology Research Group for the History of the Neurosciences 1 European Club for the History of Neurology
How have the neurosciences developed since their earliest days?
Who defined the concepts we use today?
What factors influenced their findings and interpretations?
An understanding of their background principles, their knowledge at the time, and their human foibles enriches our knowledge in the 90's of one of the fastest growing fields of science.
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
History & Special Collections Division
Online Sketches in Medical History
The Index of Medieval Medical Images with Illustrations
Online Sketches in Natural History: Charles Darwin – Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle-Birds
The Donald R. Dickey Collections of Vertebrate Zoology
Social Studies of Medicine
Department of Social Studies of Medicine
Anthropology, History and Sociology – as they relate to medicine.
Only basic information on courses is provided
Medical Archives – Eskind Biomedical Library
Archives Collection
Vanderbilt Medical Center
Manuscript Collection & Institutional File Inventory
Adelia Marie Beeuwkes, Otto Billig, Frederic T. Billings, Franklin Church Bing, Bertlyn Bosley, Barney Brooks, John Harold Browe, ….
NB: Access is through a cgi script so you must enter from the Archives link off the Eskind Biomedical Library Home Page
Medical History on the Internet
Department of Anesthesiology Library
A page of links to all sorts of places – some worth a look some not. Does have a Table of Contents of sorts
Milestones in Neuroscience Research
A Chronological History from 4000 BC to the present day
Links to some other very good sites related to Neuroscience
Neuroscience for Kids is http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Brain and the nature of consciousness incl. Neurophysiology
A Web Project supported by the Creative Development Branch of the Australian Film Commission
Introduction – Papers by various Authors
Neuro-physiology
organised systems
John Snow (1813-1858)
public health, epidemiology and anesthesiology.
Dept. of Epidemiology
Primary Care Internet Guide – Medical History
Compilations of resources
Prosthetic History Page
Northwestern University Prosthetic-Orthotic Center
Single file article
History and Prosthetics
Man's Awakening
Egypt, Greece, and Rome
Growth of Modern Medicine …
Race-Sci History of "Race" in Science, Medicine, and Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
Teaching tool for scholars and students interested in the history of the concept "race" in science, medicine, and technology in the 19th and 20th centuries
Extensive bibliography, announcements, and syllabi sampler
Bibliography of Recent Secondary Works in the History of American Medicine and Related Health Fields
Ruth Lilly Medical Library
Non-critical electronic bibliography to acquaint the user with recent monographs and classic works in the field of American history of medicine and related topics.
Laid up as a single page with no navigation
Useful for a project bibliographic reference source
Resources in the History of Idiocy
Murray Simpson
Bibliographies – Online texts – Online texts hosted elsewhere – Online articles on the history of idiocy – Other links
Social History of Medicine (Journal)
Tables of Contents and abstracts for Vol. 9 (1996) onwards can be browsed and searched
Southwest School of Botanical Medicine
Bisbee, Arizona
Medicinal Plant Images (over 1300)
Manuals, Folios, Classic Texts, Research
Medicinal Plants: Resources, FAQs, Regional plant checklists
Society for the Social History of Medicine
Contact Details – the rest did not load properly (missing files)
Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
A guide to the libraries holdings information on:
Photographic holdings, biographical files, and personal papers. Includes EAD encoded versions of finding aids to a number of collections of personal papers
The Center for The Study of The History of Nursing
Hospitals, Schools of Nursing and Nursing Alumni Associations, Voluntary Non-Profit Associations, Professional and Military Associations, Individuals, Miscellaneous Groups, Other Sources
Discovery of Insulin
to preserve and promote the history behind one of the most important medical discoveries of our time – the discovery of insulin. The team consisting of Dr. F.G. Banting, Mr. C.H. Best, Mr. J.B. Collip and Prof. J.J.R. MacLeod discovered insulin in 1921 at the University of Toronto. While insulin is not a cure, this medical discovery has and continues to save millions of lives around the world.
Margaret Sanger Papers Project
The Project was formed in 1985 to locate, arrange, edit, research, and publish the papers of the noted birth control pioneer.
Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger
Sanger Documents on the Web
Microfilm Edition
Proposed Electronic Edition
Margaret Sanger Papers Newsletter
Professional Development of Rehabilitation in Australia, 1870-1981
Philippa Martyr
Thesis – Doctor of Philosophy (1994),
Department of History, University of Western Australia
The history of rehabilitation in Australia: previous studies and theoretical approaches.
Medical orthodoxy in Australia, 1850-1900
From `quackery' to qualification: the legitimisation of massage and electrotherapy in Australia, 1870-1914
"What is the good of half a man?" Rehabilitation, the Great War and its aftermath, 1914-1930
"Joyous usefulness": poliomyelitis, the Kenny controversy and rehabilitation, 1930-1939
Reconstructing the body politic: rehabilitation and post-war reconstruction, 1940-1950
The battle continues: rehabilitation, the hospitals and the professions, 1945-1970
Enemies within? Exclusion and independence in rehabilitation, 1970-1981
Thomas Jefferson University Archives & Special Collections
Only A basic Overview of the Collections is provided
Truman G. Blocker, Jr. History of Medicine Collections
Moody Medical Library
Claims to house the largest collection in the history of the biomedical sciences in the southern United States
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Medical Museum
Basic Information about the Museum, its objectives and history of exhibitions.
History of Medicine in the United Kingdom
History of medicine in the UK: an evaluation
History of medicine research funding programme awards – some 300 grants a year to researchers in the UK, the Republic of Ireland and The Netherlands – four History of Medicine Units at the Universities of East Anglia, Manchester, Glasgow and Oxford.
See also the WellcomeHistory of Medicine Library Overview of Collections, Programs, & Journals
Zwerdling Nursing Archives
Fine art and rare photographic postcards of the nursing profession from the late 19th century to the present. Some small samples are provided for viewing.
About The Australian Academy of Medicine & Surgery
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