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- 150 Years of Anesthesia 1846-1996 - "We Have Conquered Pain: A Celebration of Ether," presented by Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University.
brain.mgh.harvard.edu:100/History/ether1.htm
- A Short History of Medical Careers - From prehistoric shamanism to the 20th Century specialist.
hyperion.advanced.org/15569/hist-2.html
- A Visit to the Museum of Contraception - Salon Magazine reviews a Toronto museum dedicated to the history of the prevention of pregnancy.
www.salon1999.com/07/features/contra.html
- American Association of the History of Medicine - An academic society devoted to the history of medicine and health in all of its aspects.
www.histmed.org
- Ancient Medicine/Medicina Antiqua - 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.
www.ea.pvt.k12.pa.us/medant
- Aztec Medicine - An essay on how the rigid Aztec culture affected physical and mental health.
northcoast.com/~spdtom/a-med.html
- Bulletin of the History of Medicine - The official publication of the American Association for the History of Medicine. Archives available for viewing.
muse.jhu.edu/journals/bulletin_of_the_history_of_medicine
- David Grove - Dr. Grove is the author of "A Human History of Helminthology", "Strongyloidiasis: a major roundworm infection of man" and "Alternative Medicine: fact or fiction?".
mywebpage.netscape.com/davidigrove/DavidGrove.htm
- Dittrick Medical History Center and Museum - Information on medical artifacts, reference materials, rare books, archives, photographic collections.
www.cwru.edu/artsci/dittrick/home.htm
- Dr. Samuel Overton, 19th Century Rural Physician - 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.
www.rootsweb.com/~txsmith/Pioneers/Childress/toc.html
- Dying to Have a Baby - The History of Childbirth - Chronicles the dangers that women and their newborns have faced during labor and delivery.
www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/manitoba_womens_health/hist1.htm
- Every Man His Own Doctor - An online exhibit on Popular Medicine in Early America, from Colonial times to the mid 19th Century.
www.librarycompany.org/doctor/everyman.html
- Ghost Town - An illustrated newspaper article on the history and future of Northampton State Hospital in Massachusetts.
valleyadvocate.com/articles/hospital.html
- H-GIG Medicine and Public Health links. - Useful links from the University of California, Riverside.
www.ucr.edu/h-gig/hist-science/medic.html
- Hartford Medical Society - The Society provides an excellent medical library of historical significance and sponsors the Menczer Museum of Medicine and Dentistry in conjunction with the Hartford Dental Society.
library.uchc.edu/hms
- Here Today, Here Tomorrow: Varieties of Medical Ephemera Home Page - An online exhibit of medical advertising, labels and other printed materials.
www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/ephemera/ephemera.html
- 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.
www.collphyphil.org/HMDLSubweb/indexhmdl.htm_1.htm
- 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.
www.johnpowell.net
- History of Biomedicine: Indigenous Cultures - Numerous links to web pages on the contributions of indigenous cultures to the practice of medicine, from pre-history to present.
www.mic.ki.se/Indig.html
- History of the Royal College of General Practitioners - Shows establishment of general practice as a speciality and academic discipline in Britain. Includes background history of general practice, foundation of the College, history of the College and its building and detailed chronology by subject.
www.rcgp.org.uk/50th/chronology/index.asp
- INHOEP - The International Network for the History of Occupational and Environmental Prevention, who deal with occupational health and the history of medicine.
users.unimi.it/~netprev/inhoep.htm
- Joseph Lister - English surgeon credied with the introduction of antisepsis. Brief biography and extract from his writings.
www.bartleby.com/people/Lister-J.html
- Journeys in Diverse Places - Writings of the 16th Century French battlefield surgeon Ambroise Paré. Recounts experiences from various battles over a thirty year period including medical procedures in the field.
www.bartleby.com/38/2
- Medical Antiques - A collection of early medical items featuring cased surgical, medical, and dental instruments from the 1800's to the early 1900's. Included in the collection are various microscopes and medical items of interest.
www.antiquelures.com/medical/med.htm
- Medical History on the Internet - Mega links and information for researchers.
www.anes.uab.edu/medhist.htm
- Medical Milestones - Indiainfoline presents med milestones giving the major breakthroughs in medical science that took place during the 20th Century.
www.indiainfoline.com/phar/mile/arch.html
- MMS - materia medica sinica - Online journal for the history of Chinese medicine.
www.materia-medica-sinica.de
- National Library of Medicine: History of Medicine Division - "One of the worlds great History of Medicine collections."
www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/hmd.html
- Oliva Sabuco, a 16th Century Woman-Philosopher - A pioneer of psychosomatic medicine.
www.sabuco.org
- 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".
www.cimm.jcu.edu.au/hist/main.html
- Sigerist Circle Home Page - Organization of medical historians, focusing on issues of class, race, and gender.
www.sigeristcircle.org
- Sir Henry Wellcome and the Sudan - Archival material and images related to the projects of Sir Henry Wellcome in the Sudan , including an excavation camp and establishment of the Wellcome Tropical research Laboratories in Khartoum.
www.geocities.com/aaadeel/HSW.html
- Spanish American War Medicine - Medical practice in the Spanish American War, primarily by US Army medical staff and DAR Volunteer nurses upon US soldiers.
www.spanamwar.com/medical.htm
- The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives of The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions - Introduces the holdings of the archives and opportunities for research. Includes guides to over 100 personal paper collections, photograph inventory, and online exhibits.
www.med.jhu.edu/medarchives
- The Centre for the History of Medicine - Extensive site with articles, bibliographies, event and course information, and research papers covering subjects from prehistory to the present day.
medweb.bham.ac.uk/histmed
- The History of Dentistry - The story how dentistry developed through the ages to become the sophisticated medical science of today.
www.edoc.co.za/dhw/history/index.html
- The Long View from the Watonwan River: The Millenarian Odyssey of Pioneer Druggist Henry Wellcome - Biography of the co-founder of Burroughs Wellcome, who spent his boyhood on the Minnesota frontier. With footnotes and many links.
www.mbbnet.umn.edu/hoff/hsw_art.html
- The Medicine Museum - An online exhibit of information and photographs of antique allopathic medicines manufactured during 1915-1955.
www.medimuseum.com
- The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices - Dubbed "The Quackery Hall of Fame," the museum is the world's largest display of what the human mind has devised to cure itself without the benefit of either scientific method or common sense.
www.mtn.org/quack
- The Orlop Deck - Naval Medicine in the 18th and 19th century. Links to re-enactment sources and medical information for the period.
www.theorlopdeck.org
- The Reflex Hammer Home Page - Everything you ever wanted to know about reflex hammers, and then some.
www.med-psych.net/reflex/index.html
- Traditional Chinese Medicine - An introduction to the history of traditional Chinese medicine and its use today. Part of a commercial site from healthsky.com.
www.healthsky.com/en/library/history.htm
- UHR Books - Old & Rare Medical & Nursing Books - Antiquarian booksellers specializing in the history of medicine, surgery, nursing, public health, epidemiology, sanitation, infectious diseases, microbiology, parasitology and virology.
www.uhrbooks.com/index2.html
- 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.
www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/if_you_knew/if_you_knew_04.html
- Wellcome Trust History of Medicine Library - One of the largest libraries of its kind in the world, medical history is interpreted broadly including, botany, sexuality, anthropology, eugenics, cookery and much more. Free and open to the public. Limited online access to collections.
www.wellcome.ac.uk/library/homlib/HOMlib.html
- Who named it? - A biographical dictionary of medical eponyms, i.e. medical conditions and techniques and the people for whom they are named.
www.whonamedit.com
- Who was Doctor Chase? - Dr. Alvin Wood Chase, physician, and author of the celebrated Dr. Chase's Receipt Book.
www.iinet.net.au/~furball/drchase.html
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