Before Depression
- http://www.beforedepression.com
- A research project by the English departments of the Universities of Northumbria and Sunderland on what depression was before it was called depression (1660-1800). Details of public lectures, a conference, an exhibition and publications.
History of Anaesthesia
- http://www.johnpowell.net/
- GASMAN - A Personal History of Anaesthesia; A memoir and commentary by English anaesthetist John Powell. It also includes other articles on the History of Anaesthesia.
History of the Royal College of General Practitioners
- http://www.rcgp.org.uk/history/histories/index.asp
- Shows establishment of general practice (family medicine) as a speciality and academic discipline in Great Britain. Includes background history of general practice, foundation of the College, history of the College and its building and detailed chronology by subject. Links to Royal College of General Practitioners Archives pages.
Images from the History of Medicine
- http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/
- Provides access to the thousands of prints and photograph collection of the History of Medicine Division (HMD) of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The collection includes portraits, pictures of institutions, caricatures, genre scenes, and graphic art in a variety of media, illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine.
Mad in America
- http://www.madinamerica.com
- A history of medical treatments for mental illness, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric disorders, and why those treatments led to the antipsychiatry movement.
MedHist
- http://medhist.ac.uk/
- Searchable catalog of resources related to the history of medicine and allied sciences, developed and managed by the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine.
Phineas Gage
- http://www.deakin.edu.au/hbs/GAGEPAGE/
- Tells the story of the 19th Century man who survived severe damage to the brain, and how the accident led to significant changes in his personality and mood.
The Rise of Scientific Medicine
- http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/154.html
- Course notes and presentations from University of Stanford course which explores the historical development of cultural beliefs and institutions in Western Europe and the United States during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries which led to the establishment of the modern system of medicine.
The Virtual Laboratory
- http://vlp.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/
- A platform where historians publish and discuss their research on experimentation in the life sciences, art, and technology. Managed by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.
Who Named It?
- http://www.whonamedit.com/
- A biographical dictionary of medical eponyms, i.e. medical conditions and techniques and the people for whom they are named.
