History of Medicine

These sites, arranged by subject/topic, include online exhibits, publications, bibliographies, and other resources related to the history of medicine

Acupuncture

• The History of Acupuncture in the West

AIDS

• AIDS History Project--University of California at San Francisco
• FDA HIV/AIDS Milestones Chronology of Significant Events
• Deja Vu: AIDS in Historical Perspective
• In Their Own Words: NIH Researchers Recall the Early Years of AIDS

American Medical Association History

• AMA History

Anesthesia

• "Painless" Exhibit on Anesthesiology, Center for the History of Medicine, Countway Library, Harvard

Asthma

• Breath of Life

Biotechnology

• Biotechnology Archives--University of California at San Francisco

Bloodletting

• Bloodletting--UCLA

Cardiology/Cardiac Surgery

• The Blue Baby Operation--Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
• Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
• Pioneers of Heart Surgery

Chiropractic

• History of Chiropractic
• Palmer Foundation for Chiropractic History

Circumcision

• History of Circumcision

Clinical Trials

• James Lind Library: Documenting the evolution of fair tests and treatments

Disabilities

• Museum of disABILITY History

Electrocardiology

• A brief history of electrocardiography

Eugenics

• Eugenics: Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Virginia, Eugenics & Buck v. Bell
• Eugenics in North Carolina
• Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement

Ethics

• History of American Medical Ethics from the Colonial Period to the Bioethics Revolution

Famous People

• Medical History of American Presidents

Greco-Roman Medicine

• Medicina Antiqua

Homeopathy

• Brief History of Homeopathy
• Condensed History of Homeopathy
• History of Homeopathy in Britain

Hospitals

• Bellevue Hospital (NY)
• Pennsylvania Hospital
• Provident Hospital History (Chicago, IL)
• Historical Medical Sites in the Washington, D.C. Area

Human Subjects

• Timeline of Laws Related to Human Subjects

Insulin

• The Discovery of Insulin  A Canadian medical miracle of the 20th century
• Discovery and Early Development of Insulin

Medical Terminology

• A Glossary of Archaic Medical Terms
• Medical Eponyms: Whonamedit.com

Menstruation

• Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health

Neonatology

• Neonatology on the Web

Neuroscience

• Milestones in Neuroscience Research

Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Caesarian Section -- A Brief History

Osteopathy

• History of the American Osteopathy Association
• The Historic Background of Osteopathic Medicine
• Important Dates in Osteopathic History

Pain

• The John C. Liebeskind History of Pain Collection

Pathology

• International Bibliographic Guide to the History of Pathology (IBGHP)

Phrenology

• History of Phrenology on the Web

Physiatry

• History of Physiatry

Plague

• Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics

Plastic Surgery

• Plastic Surgery History

Poliomyelitis

• Polio History Pages
• Poliomyelitis History

Popular Medicine

• "Every Man His Own Doctor:" Popular Medicine in Early America

Psychology

• Today in the History of Psychology

Psychiatry

• Historic Asylums:America's Vanishing Historic Asylums, State Hospitals, Sanitariums, County Homes, Medical Hospitals, and Other Institutions.
• "Diseases of the Mind: Highlights of American Psychiatry Through 1900"

Respiratory Care

• AARC's Virtual Museum highlighting the history of the respirator care profession

Smallpox

• Smallpox History

Syringes

• The history of injecting and needle exchange

Timelines

• History of Medicine Timeline
• Medical Advances Timeline
• Milestones in Medical Technology
• Today in Medical History

Ultrasound

• History of the developments of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
• History of Ultrasound

Veterinary Medicine

• A Brief History of Veterinary Medicine
• Five Centuries of Veterinary Medicine: A Short-title Catalog
• Veterinary antiques: A lesson in history, the profession, advertising, and collecting

Yellow Fever

• A Short History of Yellow Fever in the U.S.
• Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection