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Free Web Resources
- Medical Heritage Library This link opens in a new windowCurated collection of freely-available history of medicine images, texts, movies, audio, and data.
- History of Medicine Finding Aids This link opens in a new windowIndex to finding aids from archives and repositories in the United States collecting in history of medicine and allied sciences.
- IndexCat This link opens in a new windowOnline Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, an index of medical and scientific publications from 1880-1961; eTK, covering medieval Latin; eVK2, covering medieval English texts; and other selected historical resources.
- Oral History Collections This link opens in a new windowOral histories gathered by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- Osler Library Prints Collection This link opens in a new window2,500 prints, photographs, drawings, posters, and cartoons on the history of medicine from the 17th to 20th centuries, hosted by McGill University Library.
- National Library of Medicine: Turning the Pages OnlineDigital versions of classics of medicine including the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus (17th century BCE), Andreas Vesalius's De Humani Corporis Fabrica, and more.
- Who Named it?Biographical dictionary of medical eponyms -- diseases and anatomical areas named after people, with a biography of that person. Very useful resource.
- Heirs of HippocratesWonderful history of medicine and medical bibliography by the University of Iowa.
- Medicine in the AmericasNational Library of Medicine digital resource that includes over 300 freely available early American printed books, showing the development of American medicine from 1610 to the early 20th century.
Free Journals
- The Aesculapian1908-1909
- Medical History1957-present
USC accessible Journals
E-Books
Protagonists of Medicine by Publication Date: 2010USC accessible e-book, exploring the history of giants in the histories of cell biology, developmental biology, immunology, pathology, and oncology.
Quo Vadis Medical Healing: past concepts and new approaches by Publication Date: 2009USC accessible e-book, a collection of papers providing an ethical and historical framework for healthcare from a political perspective.
Useful Links
- Specialized Collections at Norris Medical LibraryDescribes and explains access to Specialized Collections.