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American Institute of the History of Pharmacy

Anesthesia History Association

Archivists and Librarians in the History of the Health Sciences (ALHHS)

Association de Sauvegarde du Patrimoine de l'Art Dentaire: Association for Safeguarding Dental Art Heritage

Association for the History of Chiropractic

Australian Society for the History of Medicine

Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing

British Columbia History of Nursing Group

Canadian Association for the History of Nursing

Canadian Society for the History of Medicine

The Center for the History of Medicine - University of Michigan

David H. Chestnut, M.D. History of Anesthesia Section, University of Alabama at Birmingham

European Association for the History of Medicine and Health

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Institut Éthique Histoire Humanités: Histoire de la médecine

International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine (ISHIM)

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International Society for the History of the Neurosciences (ISHN)

Johns Hopkins - Institute of the History of Medicine

Margaret M. Allemang Society for the History of Nursing

Medical Museums Association

Museo Galileo (Institute and Museum of History of Science)

Office of Medical History - Office of the Surgeon General

Osler Club of London

Physician Assistant History Society

Society of American Archivists

Society for the Social History of Medicine

Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science

Società Italiana di Storia della Medicina

United Kingdom Centre for the History of Nursing and Midwifery - University of Manchester School of Nursing

Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine


History of the Health Sciences Libraries and Archives



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Organizations and Museums with History of the Health Sciences Interests

Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences

American Academy of the History of Dentistry - Dentistry Collections Database

American Association of Neurological Surgeons - Cyber Museum of Neurosurgery

American Red Cross - Museum

Army Nurse Corps History

Bakken Museum and Library

Belgian Museum of Radiology

Brian Welsh Memorial Museum of Anaesthesia

Clara Barton National Historic Site

Colonial Williamsburg: Public Hospital

The Country Doctor Museum

Dittrick Medical History Center

Disability History Museum

The Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry

Epilepsy Museum in Kork, Germany

The Florence Nightingale Museum

The Folger Shakespeare Library

The Freud Museum, London

Health Physics Historical Instrumentation Collection - Oak Ridge Associated Universities

History of Pharmacy Museum

Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery

Indiana Medical History Museum

International Institute of Islamic Medicine

International Museum of Surgical Science

Jane Addams' Hull House Museum

The Jenner Museum

Living History Museum, University of Maryland School of Nursing

Marvin Samson Center for the History of Pharmacy (Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science)

Massachusetts General Hospital - History of Neurosurgery

Mobile (Alabama) Medical Museum

Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine

Museum of Disability History

Museum of Health Care at Kingston

Museum of Questionable Medical Devices

Museum of Vision (American Academy of Ophthalmology)

National Archives and Records Administration

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

National Museum of Crime and Punishment

National Museum of Health and Medicine

National Women's History Museum

Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret

Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation, Massachusetts General Hospital

Royal College of Surgeons of England Museums

Royal Pump Rooms

Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dental History

Science Museum: Brought to Life - Exploring the History of Medicine

Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry (University of Michigan)

Smithsonian Institute: National Museum of American History

Steno Museum - Danish Museum for the History of Science & Medicine

Stetten Museum of Medical Research

Still National Osteopathic Museum

Thackray Museum

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Medical Museum

Vatican Exhibit - Medicine and Biology

Wellcome Collection

William P. Didusch Center for Urologic History of the American Urological Association

Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology


Important Figures in Health Sciences - Their Lives and Works

Foundations of AAMC History

American Nurses' Association Hall of Fame

Avicenna (Ibn Sina)

Sir Frederick Banting Digital Library

Black Nurses in History: A Bibliography and Guide to Web Resources

Bibliographies to Hippocrates and to Galen (Fichtner)

Partners of the Heart: Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas (PBS)

Books and Documents of the Office of Medical History, Office of the Surgeon General

Mrs. Mary Breckinridge

Letters to Doct. James Carmichael and Son at University of Virginia

Nurse Edith Cavell (1865-1915): A Norfolk Heroine

Margaret Ridley Charlton

Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians (National Library of Medicine)

Civil War Veterans List - College of Physicians & Surgeons

Chemistry in History: People

Classics in Family Medicine

Collections de Medic@ Bibliothéque interuniversitaire de médecine et d'odontologie (BIUM)

Anatomical Plates of Pietro da Cortona

Nicholas Culpeper: The Complete Herbal

Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity

Charles Robert Darwin
Origin of the Species   Voyage of the Beagle

Darwin by Post (Lloyd Library and Museum

Digital Collections from the Archives of the American College of Surgeons

Paul Ehrlich (Paul Ehrlich Institut)

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences

Famous Geneticists

Alexander Fleming (PBS)

Fons històric de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu

Founders of Neurology

Rosalind Franklin (Rosalind Franklin Society)

Sigmund Freud (PBS)

Sigmund Freud Archives

Galen - The Internet Classics Library

First printed editions of Galen at the "Bibliothéque Interuniversitaire de Médecine" of Paris (BIUM)

Joseph Goldberger and the War on Pellagra

John Graunt (The Galileo Project)

Hearth: Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, History

Heirs of Hippocrates

Gray's Anatomy, 20th edition (Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray)

First printed editions of Hippocrates at the "Bibliothéque Interuniversitaire de Médecine" of Paris (BIUM)

Hippocrates - The Internet Classics Library

Hooke's Books: Books that Influenced or were Influenced by Robert Hooke's Micrographia (National Library of Medicine)

The Index of Medieval Medical Images (IMMI)

James Lind Library

Helen Keller

Fighting Polio with 'Gentle Hands': Elizabeth Kenny

Malaspina Great Books on the Web

Images from Anatomia Universa by Mascagni

The MacKinney Collection of Medieval Medical Illustrations from the Wilson Library: Rare Book Collection

The Medical Library Association Oral History Project: Voices of the Past

Medicine in the Americas (National Library of Medicine)

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale's Fever - BMJ

The Florence Nightingale Digitization Project (Florence Nightingale Museum)

Florence Nightingale Letters (University of British Columbia Library)

Florence Nightingale Letters Collection(University of Illinois at Chicago University Library)

A Selection of Letters Written by Florence Nightingale (Clendening Library)

The Nobel Prizes

Ask Osleriana: A Searchable Database =

Celebrating the Contributions of William Osler

The William Osler Photo Collection (McGill University Library)

Dr. Samuel Overton: Pioneer Doctor of Old Canton, Texas

People and Discoveries: Medicine and Health (PBS)

A Brief Biography of Jean Piaget

Profiles in Science (National Library of Medicine)

The Margaret Sanger Papers Project

Seeing is Believing: Scientific and Medical Illustration

John Snow: A Historical Giant in Epidemiology

Dr. John Lancelot Todd: Guide to International Collections of Print, Manuscript, Photo-graphic and Material Resources Documenting the Professional and Personal Life of Dr. John Lancelot Todd (1876-1949)

The Trotula Ensemble of Manuscripts

Turning the Pages (National Library of Medicine)

The Most Dangerous Woman in America: Typhoid Mary (PBS)

University of North Texas Health Science Center Scholarly Repository

Images from Andreas Vesalius' De Humani Corporis Fabrica, 1543

Rudolf Virchow Manuscripts: Translated

Alfred Russel Wallace Page

James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and Rosalind Franklin
Double Helix: 50 Years of DNA

Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Health and Medicine

4000 Years of Women in Science

Women's Life in Greece and Rome: Medicine & Anatomy

Women Physicians, 1850s-1970s

Working Women, 1800-1930 (Harvard University)


Databases

Ad* Access
(Advertisement images from Duke University's collection)

American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940
(Use search terms such as medicine, nursing, pharmacy for relevant materials)

American Social Hygiene Posters, ca. 1910-1970 - University of Minnesota

Canadian Health Obituaries

Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics (Wellcome Library)

Proyecto Dioscórides - Digital Library at Complutense University of Madrid

English Short Title Catalogue

Galaxy of Images (from Smithsonian Institute)

Germ Theory Calendar (Requires Internet Explorer®)

Global Health Events (National Library of Medicine)

HIMETOP: History of Medicine Topographical Database

History of Medicine Finding Aids Consortium (National Library of Medicine)

History of Medicine Online Syllabus Archive (National Library of Medicine)

Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement

Image Databases (Weill/Cornell Medical College Medical Center Archives)

Images from the Clendening Library

Images from the History of Medicine (National Library of Medicine)

In the First Person: An Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories and Personal Narratives

Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (National Library of Medicine)

Library of Congress American Memory

Making of America

Marjorie Howard Futcher Digital Photo Collection (McGill University)

Medical Archives and Manuscripts Survey (MAMS)

Medical Heritage Library

Medicine and Madison Avenue Project

MIND: Modern Inventors Documentation Program

National Archives and Records Administration Archival Research Catalog (ARC)

NUCMC - National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections

New York City Department of Records - Photos of Public Charities & Hospitals

New York University - Medical Humanities Database

Medical Humanities Dissertations (University of Pittsburgh)

Online Archive of American Folk Medicine

The Osler Library Prints Collection

Patron Saints

PHDIL - Philadelphia Historical Digital Image Library

Prints & Photographs Collection Online Catalog - Library of Congress

Public Health Image Library - CDC

PubMed® (National Library of Medicine)

Repositories of Primary Sources

U.K. Higher Education Archives Hub

Wellcome Images: 2000 Years of Human Culture

Who Named It?: Dictionary of Medical Eponyms


Links Pages



BROWNson's Nursing Notes

ECHO: Exploring and Collecting History Online

The History of Nursing: 101 Informative Websites

History of Psychology Resources



Oaths, Prayers and Symbols

Caduceus vs. Aesculapius

Straight Chiropractic Oath

Codes of Ethics: Health Care and Medicine

THE GOOD DOCTOR: Oaths, Quotes, and Prayers for Physicians

Hippocratic Oath - Classical Version (Translated by Francis Adams)

Hippocratic Oath - Modern Version

Hippocratic Oath Today (PBS)

Blood, Bandages and Barber Poles

Oath and Prayer of Maimonides

Nightingale Pledge

Nuremburg Code

Osteopathic Oath

Prayer of an Army Nurse

The Physician's Oath and the Aim of Medicine


For Children



The Doctor Over Time (PBS)

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Educational Games

Helen Keller Kids Museum Online

History of Medicine: Learning from the Past

Medicine Through Time

A Science Odyssey (PBS)


The History of Diseases



Bibliographies/Chronologies/Histories

The Adoption History Project

Antiqua Medicina

Antique Medical Collecting: An Educational Project

Antique Spectacles and Other Vision Aids

Army Nurse Corp Uniforms: A Retrospective Exhibit

The Asclepion - Ancient Medicine

The Assassination of President McKinley Bibliography on Medical Aspects

The Beat Goes On: A History of Cardiology

Bibliography of Canadian Health Sciences Periodicals

Bibliography of Recent Secondary Works in the History of American Medicine & Related Health Fields

Bloodletting

The Boy in the Bubble- The American Experience (PBS)

Bryce Hospital Historic Preservation Project

Brought to Life: Exploring the History of Medicine (Science Museum, London)

Celebrating Nursing History: What to Keep - A Bibliography of Historically Important Books

Civil War Medicine

Classic Papers and Books in Neonatology

Combined Medical Timeline (Wellcome Trust)

Civil Practice to Civil War: The Medical College of the State of South Carolina, 1861-1865

Digitalis Purpurea History

DNA Interactive

Eugenics: Three Generations, No Imbeciles, Virginia, Eugenics and Buck v. Bell

Female Medical College & Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania

Five Centuries of Veterinary Medicine: A Short-title Catalog of the Washington State University Veterinary History Collection

From Birth to Death at the 1901 Pan American Exposition

From One Moment to the Next: The Halifax Explosion

From Quackery to Bacteriology: The Emergence of Modern Medicine in 19th Century America

Guide to the History of Medicine Artifacts Collection, 1550-1980s (Duke University)

Herbal Medicine in Shakespeare's England from Dr. John Hall's Case Studies

Historical Medical Sites in the Washington D.C. Area (National Library of Medicine)

History of Dentistry Timeline

The History of the Commissioned Corps

History of the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women

A History of the University of Massachusetts Medical School: Integrating Primary Care and Biomedical Research

The History of Vaccines (College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Iron Lung

Islamic Medical Manuscripts (National Library of Medicine)

Martha Ballard's Diary Online (A Midwife's Tale)

Medical and Related Artifacts - Claude Moore Health Sciences Library

Medical Antiques Online

Medical Artifacts Collection - Virginia Commonwealth University

Medical History of British India: Disease Prevention and Pubilc Health (National Library of Scotland

Medical Services in the First World War (Imperial War Museums)

Medieval Islamic Medicine

A Midwife's Tale - The American Experience (PBS)

National Health Service History

New England Female Medical College & New England Hospital for Women and Children

New Haven's Hospitals (Cushing/Whitney Medical Library)

Nurse Practice Act: The Armstrong Act, 1903

The NYAM Lectures

The People's Medicine Comes to Massachusetts: Establishing a Family Medicine Residency at UMass Medical School =

Phisick Antique Medical Collection

The Pill (PBS)

Project Hope: Forty Years of American Medicine Abroad

Red Gold: The Epic Story of Blood (PBS)

The Relief of Pain and Suffering

The Road to the Sequence: An Interactive Timeline of Genomic History - Science Magazine

A Short History of the Developments of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

A Short History of the National Institutes of Health

“So Others May Live”: DUSTOFF: Medical Evacuation in the Vietnam War (Vietnam Center and Archive)

Sound and Fury: Deaf History (PBS)

Spices: Exotic Flavors and Medicines

Test Tube Babies- The American Experience (PBS)

This is Public Health: A Canadian History

Today in Health History

Today's Seeds for Tomorrow's Harvest: The Impact of Women Nutritionists

UCSF Japanese Woodblock Print Collection

U.S. Army Dental Corps

WW2 US Medical Research Centre


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E-journals in the History of the Health Sciences

Acta Medico-Historica Adriatica

Anthropology and Medicine

Arabic Sciences and Philosophy

British Journal for the History of Science

Bulletin of the History of Medicine

Canadian Bulletin of Medical History / Bulletin canadien d'histoire de la médecine

Centaurus

Chiropractic History

Early Science and Medicine: A Journal of the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-Modern Period

HealthPAC Digital Archive

Historia Medicinae

History of Psychology

History of Psychiatry

Hygiea Internationalis

Isis

Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences

Journal of the International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine

Literature and Medicine

Medical History

Nursing History Review

Osiris

Social History of Medicine

Studies in the History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Transactions of the Michigan Dental Society, 1882

Vesalius: Acta Internationalia Historiae Medicinae

Wellcome History


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Stephen J. Greenberg, MSLS, PhD


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Last updated: 6 May 2015
The History of the Health Sciences Web Links page (https://mla-hhss.org/histlink.htm) is designed and maintained by Patricia E. Gallagher
Copyright © 2002 Patricia E. Gallagher and Stephen J. Greenberg for the History of the Health Sciences Section of MLA