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HIST 490 - Dr. Black - Fall 2024: Websites

Wellcome Collection

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Wellcome Collection

Digitized documents from the Wellcome Trust based in London. Wide ranging collection of historical documents on issues of medicine and health in Britain and elsewhere.

Nat'l Museum of Civil War Medicine

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

Primary sources, including curated bibliographies and searchable databases, relating to Civil War medicine.(2)

U.S. National Library of Medicine

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U.S. National Library of Medicine

Digital Collections

Collection includes archives and personal papers of American medical practitioners, images, American medical publications, documents on cholera outbreaks, and medical documents from World War II, among other topics.

Medica

Medic@, Bibliothèque numérique

The digitized medical archives of the French Medical and Pharmacy Schools in Paris. An excellent resource for anything related to French medicine, it also contains links to numerous English language medical sources. (7)

N.Y. Academy of Medicine

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New York Academy of Medicine

Digital Collections

Collection of digitized materials, particularly images, on pharmacy, anatomy, botany, midwifery, and other topics.

Elizabeth Blackwell Papers

Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946

Archives of Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) , the first woman to receive a medical degree in the US.(3)

Cornell University Library

Cornell University Library:

Trial Pamphlets Collection

A collection of pamphlets (1600s-1800s) depicting the details from lurid or scandalous trials. Many mention diseases, poisoning etc.(5)

Influenza Archive

Influenza Archive

"The stories of the places, the people, and the organizations that battled the American influenza epidemic of 1918-1919."

Medical Heritage Library

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Medical Heritage Library

This is a collection of medical resources through the Internet Archive (archive.org) on a wide variety of topics. Displayed with images to facilitate browsing. (4)

WWI: The Medical Front

World War I Document Archive:

The Medical Front

A collection of primary source documents regarding the medical aspects, military and civilian, of World War I.(6)

Internet Archive

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Internet Archive

Has thousands of digitized historical sources, some of which are on medical and health related topics. Advanced search enables you to select a date range.

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