Research Guides: History of Medicine: Resources

Databases

Gelman Library provides access to many useful databases:

PubMed

Did you know you can filter for Historical Articles on PubMed? PubMed indexes articles dating back to 1946.

1. On the search results page, on the left-hand side, scroll to the bottom of the column and select Additional Filters.

2. A pop-up menu will appear. Select Historical Article and press Show.

3. Still in the left-hand column, you will now see Historical Article as an option under the heading Article Type; select it to apply the filter to your search results.

Artifacts

Photographs / Art

Historical Images in Medicine (Duke Medical Center Library)
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM Digital Collections)
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library
The Osler Library Prints Collection
"Ranging from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, the collection consists predominantly of prints, though it also includes some photographs, drawings, posters, and cartoons."
Medical Historical Library (Yale University) Digitized Collections
Manuscripts, graphic art, bookplates, photographs, posters, and more.
Japanese Woodblock Print Collection (UCSF)
The MacKinney Collection of Medieval Medical Illustrations (UNC)

Rare Books and Manuscripts

Himmelfarb Historical Collection
Classics of Medicine Library facsimile series and some archival materials from the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Medical Heritage Library
NLM History of Medicine Collections
The National Library of Medicine is a valuable resource for personal papers, records, grey literature, government documents, videos, monographs, broadsides, and more.
NLM Digital Collections
Wellcome Collection
"An array of topics relating to health and the human experience in many forms, from recently published books to historical manuscripts and objects"
Medical Historical Library (Yale University) Rare Books & Manuscripts
Medical Historical Library (Yale University) Archives
The Waring Historical Library (Medical University of South Carolina)
Thorek Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection (International Museum of Surgical Science)
American Medical Association Archives
Gartner Pediatric History Center Special Collections (AAP)
Islamic Medical Manuscripts at the National Library of Medicine

Bibliographies

The Classics in Medicine™: Summaries of the Landmark Trials
Classic Resources in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Classics in the History of Psychology
Oxford Bibliographies
Offers annotated bibliographies in many subject areas

Video / Radio

Vanderbilt Television News Archive
Television news broadcasts since 1968
The NYAM Lectures
"The New York Academy of Medicine and New York Public Radio (NYPR) have digitized and cataloged 40 radio broadcasts produced by NYAM and originally broadcast over WNYC radio in the 1950s."

History of Medicine: Resources

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