AHTC Summer Institute 2005:
Web Resources about the history
of medicine
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The National Museum of
Health and Medicine |
The National Museum of
Health and Medicine was established during the Civil War as the Army Medical
Museum, a center for the collection of specimens for research in military
medicine and surgery. Home base
for one of the AHTC Summer Institute speakers, Dr. Jeffrey Reznick. |
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The National Library of
Medicine at the National Institute of Health |
The National Library of
Medicine houses one of the world's largest history of medicine collections.
We collect, preserve, and make available to researchers and the public, print
and non-print materials that document the history of medicine, health, and
disease in all time periods and cultures. |
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MedHist Gateway: Part of the
Resource Discovery Network |
MedHist offers free
access to a searchable catalogue of Internet sites and resources covering the
history of medicine. |
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The Wellcome Library |
The Wellcome Library preserves the record of medicine past and
present to foster understanding of medicine, its history and its impact in
society. One of the world's
greatest collections of books, manuscripts, pictures and films around the
meaning and history of medicine, from the earliest times to the present day. |
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National Center for
Health Statistics of the Center for Disease Control |
Welcome to the National
Center for Health Statistics' Web site, a rich source of information about
AmericaŐs health. As the NationŐs principal health statistics agency, we compile
statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health
of our people. We are a unique public resource for health
information–-a critical element of public health and health policy. |
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Nursing In the United
States at Women in American History by Encyclopedia Britannica http://search.eb.com/women/classic/C0028.html |
A history of nursing in
the United States. |
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AetnaŐs 2003 Calendar
Celebrating the history of African American nurses. |
For its 22nd anniversary
edition, Aetna's 2003 Calendar of African American History salutes some of the
most dynamic and earnest African American nurse leaders in the United States.
The calendar also recognizes five exemplary African American nursing students
from Howard University, who have each pledged to improve the future of health
care through research. |
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Midwifeinfo.com http://www.midwifeinfo.com/history.php |
A short history of
midwifery at Midwifeinfo.com. |
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DoHistory: An interactive
research site tracing the life of midwife Martha Ballard. |
DoHistory invites you to
explore the process of piecing together the lives of ordinary people in the
past. It is an experimental, interactive case study based on the research
that went into the book and film A Midwife's Tale, which were both based upon the remarkable 200
year old diary of midwife/healer Martha Ballard. |
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NOVA: The most dangerous
woman in America |
NOVAŐs webpage companion
for their episode about Mary Mallon, aka Typhoid Mary. |
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History of Medicine
Reources http://newark.rutgers.edu/~natalieb/medicine.htm |
A comprehensive (if
slightly dated) hot list of web sites related to the History of
Medicine. Housed at Rutgers
University. |
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The American Red Cross
Museum http://www.redcross.org/museum/timemach.html |
The American Red Cross
Museum offers timelines, history, teacher resources, and online exhibits. |
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Influenza 1918: PBS
American Experience http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/ |
The PBS American
Experience website for the episode, Influenza 1918. |
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Voices from the past,
visions of the future: 100 years of nursing http://www.ana.org/centenn/index.htm |
The American Nurses
Association timeline and narrative of their organization. |
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MPR: Fighting polio with Ňgentle handsÓ http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/ |
Listen to or read the
transcript of Dan OlsonŐs story about Sister Kenny and the fear of polio in
the 1950s. |