Medicine

150 Years of Anesthesia 1846-1996
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

A History of Cardiology
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

A Short History of Medical Careers
From : prehistoric : shamanism : to : the : 20th : Century : specialist.
http://library.thinkquest.org/15569/hist-1.html

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.
http://www.medicinaantiqua.org.uk/Medant/

Anesthesia History
Index : to : history : of : anaestheia : resources : on : the : Web
http://www.anes.uab.edu/aneshist/aneshist.htm

Bibliography of Secondary Works in the History of Medicine and Related Health Fields
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

Classical Islamic Biomedicine
Index : website : maintained : by : the : Karolinska : Institute.
http://www.mic.ki.se/Arab.html

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?".
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/davidigrove/DavidGrove.htm

Dietetic fragments of Rufus of Ephesos in Syriac language
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

Directory of History of Medicine Collections (NLM)
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

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.
http://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.
http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/manitoba_womens_health/hist1.htm

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

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

Flash-Med:Medicine history and trivia
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

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

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

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

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.
http://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.
http://www.johnpowell.net/

History of Biomedicine
Extensive : historical : perspective : of : the : medical : and : biomedical : fields, : including : useful : biomedical : research : links. : From : the : Karolinska : Institutet, : Stockholm.
http://www.mic.ki.se/History.html

History of Biomedicine
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

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.
http://www.mic.ki.se/Indig.html

History of the Health Sciences Web Resources
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

History of the Royal College of General Practitioners
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 : by : subject. : Links : to : Royal : College : of : General : Practitioners : Archives : pages.
http://www.rcgp.org.uk/history/histories/index.asp

Images from the History of Medicine
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 : graphic : art : in : a : variety : of : media, : illustrating : the : social : and : historical : aspects : of : medicine.
http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/

In Our Time: Anatomy
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

Inhalatorium
Historic : collection : of : inhaler : and : asthma : therapy. : Inhaler : devices : and : adverts, : articles : and : patents : for : athma : therapy. : Includes : Maxim : inhaler, : Dr : Worst's : inhaler, : many : others. : Academic : resource.
http://inhalatorium.com

London's Hospital System,
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

Lothian Health Services Archive
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/

Mad in America
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

MedHist
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/

Medical Eponyms
Biographical : dictionary : of : medical : eponyms. : Attempts : to : present : a : complete : survey : of : all : medical : phenomena : named : for : a : person, : with : a : biography : of : that : person.
http://www.whonamedit.com/

Medical Milestones
Indiainfoline : 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

Medicine Museum
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/

Mersenne
UK : based : discussion : list : for : science, : technology : and : medicine : studies
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/mersenne.html

MMS - materia medica sinica
Online : journal : for : the : history : of : Chinese : medicine.
http://www.materia-medica-sinica.de/

Phineas Gage
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/

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".
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/13025/20040119/www.maps.jcu.edu.au/course/hist/index.html

PolioHistory - Yahoo Group
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/

Prize Microscopes Awarded by the New York Homeopathic Medical College. 1874-1916
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

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

Sigerist Circle Home Page
Organization : of : medical : historians, : focusing : on : issues : of : class, : race, : and : gender.
http://www.sigeristcircle.org/

Spanish American War Medicine
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

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

Syphilis and AIDS: Lessons from history
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

The Anatomists
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

The Ascelpion
Features : topics : about : ancient : medicine. : Contains : texts : and : illustrations.
http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/intro.HTM

The Birth of the Clinic
Hypertext : lecture : notes : on : Foucault's : account : of : the : development : of : modern : medicine
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/BirthOfTheClinic/

The Birth of the Clinic
Lois : Shawver's : notes : on : Foucault's : Birth : of : the : Clinic
http://www.california.com/~rathbone/foucbc.htm

The History of Dentistry
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

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

The Rise of Scientific Medicine
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 : establishment : of : the : modern : system : of : medicine.
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/154.html

The Scottish Society of the History of Medicine
Website : of : the : Scottish : Society : of : the : HIstory : of : Medicine
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~sshm/

The Virtual Laboratory
A : resource : for : the : history : of : the : human : sciences : (especially : psychology) : and : the : : "experimentalization : of : life," : archiving : historical : texts : and : images, : as : well : as : new : essays. : : Site : is : in : English, : but : much : of : the : archived : material : is : in : German.
http://vlp.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/

The Virtual Laboratory
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/

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.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/if_you_knew/if_you_knew_04.html

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/