History of Medicine: Home

IndexCat, the online version of the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, U.S. Army (61 volumes in 5 series, 1880-1961), is a comprehensive subject catalog of books, pamphlets, dissertations, reports, and journal articles published from the 17th-20th century and held by National Library of Medicine

This is a link to the PubMed "history of medicine" subset.

Use the "Browse" feature at the top of the page to limit your search by topic. You can use "History of Science and Technology" or more specific browse terms.

An important resource for studying the history of medicine. Online archives of the bibliography cover 2000-2004. Coverage of more recent years through the Wellcome Library Catalogue http://catalogue.wellcome.ac.uk/, which contains article/chapter references.

Several full text core journals in the history of science and medicine.

This directory gives links to websites for various collections. Many websites contain links to online catalogs or other discovery tools for the collections of each organization.

HathiTrust is a shared digital repository created by major research libraries. It offers searching of the full text of books and full access to works in the public domain. Works in nearly every subject, including medicine. Includes many works in full text (published before 1923).

More than 70,000 images from the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine. Spans 15th to 21st century.

National Library of Medicine's collection of more than 100 videos about public health issues and innovations during the 20th century.

This National Library of Medicine collection from the 1960's to present features interview with physicians, scientists, medical librarians, government administrators, and health-business executives on a variety of topics related to medicine and health sciences. Many included searchable transcripts.

A database of finding aids for collections held by health sciences libraries.

A great local resource, as the library has holdings related to virtually every topic in medical history.

Index to the UCLA Archive of American Folk Medicine which documents beliefs and practices relating to folk medicine and alternative healthcare.

University of Pittsburgh’s Health Sciences Library System site has more than two-dozen videos featuring past speakers from the C. F. Reynolds Medical History Society’s annual lecture series. The lectures cover a broad range of subjects, including the history of cystic fibrosis, eugenics, and medieval medicine.

More than 30 videos covering a wide range of subjects; particularly good resource for lectures on the history of medicine in the Pacific Northwest.