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Print Resources
E-Books
Databases
E-Journals
Recommended Websites
Digitized versions of American Medical books dating Back to 1610.
From the University of Virginia Health System, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library.
Site devoted to the study of ancient medicine.
Information about the resources in the collection at Harvard's Countway Library.
Dedicated to the study of the medical past through a distinguished collection of rare books, museum artifacts, archives, and images.
Online exhibit on the history of anatomical imagery, from the U.S. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division.
Collection of online historical materials in all subjects representing the archived collections of more than 60 research institutions and libraries.
From the Dolan DNA Learning Center. Includes an archive image database and virtual exhibits.
Historical collection from Johns Hopkins Univesity. Contains bibliographies and electronic resources including databases and links to gateways.
Online collection of documents relating to the history of medicine.
From the New York University School of Medicine. Contains a searchable Literature, Arts, and Medicine database, as well as syllabi in medical humanities.
Online documents, including historical medical books in the public domain and materials relating to the history of the UNT Health Science Center.
The library has extensive resources on the history of medicine, including e-resources available online.
From the Yale University, Cushing Whitney Medical Library. Information and links to associations and organizations; bibliographies; databases; educational resources; images; journal tables of contents & abstracts; mailing lists, discussion groups & newsgroups; museums; reference sources; and more.
BU and BMC Resources
Links to BUSMHS events and online publication 'Aceso.'
Consumer Health
Short review of key point in the history of medicine, designed as a study aid for young students.
Concise history of medicine through the 18th century (information on 19th and 20th century medicine 'to be completed').
Government Agencies and Resources
From the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Provides access to historical collections including digitized manuscripts and nearly 60,000 images.
Archival collections of prominent biomedical scientists of the 20th century. Published and unpublished materials, including books, journal volumes, pamphlets, diaries, letters, manuscripts, photographs, audio tapes and other audiovisual materials.
Information on the 1918 flu pandemic in the U.S. and its effect on the health and medical system of the time.
Internet Guides and Pathfinders
Extensive links including lives and works of important figures in health sciences, oaths, prayers, symbols, and the history of diseases and bibliographies. Compiled by the History of the Health Sciences Section of the Medical Library Association.
Listing of links related to the history of medicine and science.
Online resources compiled by the University of Birmingham.
Multimedia
Archived video of lectures dating back to 2005, from the Oregon Health & Science University.
Professional Associations
Information and resources on the history of dentistry.
Web Search Engines
Searches "about 500 URLs recommended by the History of the Health Sciences Section of the Medical Library Association."
