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.
Every Man His Own Doctor An online exhibit on Popular Medicine in Early America, from Colonial times to the mid 19th Century.
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.
Sigerist Circle Home Page Organization of medical historians, focusing on issues of class, race, and gender.
Who Named It? A biographical dictionary of medical eponyms, i.e. medical conditions and techniques and the people for whom they are named.
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?".
Spanish American War Medicine Medical practice in the Spanish American War, primarily by US Army medical staff and DAR Volunteer nurses upon US soldiers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
History of Biomedicine Features a historical perspective of the medical and biomedical fields, including useful research links. From the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.
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.
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.
Mersenne UK based discussion list for science, technology and medicine studies
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.
The History of Dentistry The story how dentistry developed through the ages to become the sophisticated medical science of today.
In Our Time: Anatomy BBC Radio 4 discussion of 2,000 years of the study of human anatomy.
The Ascelpion Features topics about ancient medicine. Contains texts and illustrations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
