Websites for the History of Medicine Project
Introductory Sites - general information Libraries, sites of primary sources, extensive collections

http://www.abpischools.org.uk/resources04/history/

Simplified timeline/info that would be good for all the students to start with.

 

http://medhist.ac.uk/

This site is a bonanza! There are links to so many possible topics and levels of scholarship!

 

http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Medicine/History/

45 websites on History of Medicine compiled by Yahoo – good starting place if your topic is listed.

 

http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/Medical/

A site from the United Kingdom. Excellent links to websites, books for reading, scholarship, etc. Many topics, fantastic information

 

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10122a.htm

A lengthy article that provides thorough discussion of developments of medicine throughout historical periods. Worth reading.

 

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/index.html

National Library of Medicine’s History of Medicine department. The largest medical library in the world with access to amazing articles, images, scholarly writings.

 

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/history_of_medicine.htm

Some good general information, introductory material.

 

http://www.usuhs.mil/meh/histres.html

Resources for writing medical history papers – very extensive list of sources!!

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_medicine

Wikipedia’s history of medicine, filled with tons of links to other sites, another good starting point.

 

http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/h/hippocrates/h7w/aphorism.html

Hippocrates’ writings, translated

Interesting reading...

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