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How the Other Half Lives
Studies of the Tenements of New York, by Jacob A. Riis, originally published in 1890. The Hypertext Edition, with illustrations, presented by American Studies at Yale.
http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/inforev/rii...
Germ Theory Calendar
A time line of all speculation on and experiments pertaining to the germ theory of disease beginning in 50 BC and going to 1900
http://germtheorycalendar.com/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Historical highlights.
http://www.hhs.gov/about/hhshist.html
American History Sweatshop Exhibition
A pictorial tour of sweatshops from 1820 to the present. From the National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/
Images From the History of the Public Health Service
An online version of Images from the History of the Public Health Service; A Photographic Exhibit by Ramunas Kondratas, Ph.D. printed in 1994 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Public Health Service.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/phs_hist...
Plague and Public Health in Renaissance
This project involves the creation of a hypertext archive of narratives, medical consilia, governmental records, religious and spiritual writings and images documenting the arrival, impact and response to the problem of epidemic disease in Western Europe between 1348 and 1530.
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/oshe...
Edward Jenner
Includes e-texts of the three publications about smallpox vaccination.
http://www.bartleby.com/people/Jenner-E.ht...
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Official publication of the American Association for the History of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Institute of the History of Medicine. Sample issue and table of contents only. Full text requires subscription to Project Muse.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/bulletin_of_t...
The Public Health Museum in Massachusetts
Extensive exhibit information and photographs about public health in Massachusetts.
http://www.publichealthmuseum.org/
U. S. Public Health Service Bicentennial
On-line exhibits and videos of significant events to help people learn more about public health and the history of the PHS.
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/phs200/
A Brief History of First Aid
Article about how the training of civilians in providing pre-medical care came about, beginning with the Order of St. John.
http://www.sja-haltonhills.org/history2.ht...
Andrew Balfour of Khartoum
The career of this pioneer of tropical medicine. Vintage photographs and links are also included.
http://www.geocities.com/aaadeel/abofkrt.h...
Benjamin Rush and Yellow Fever
An on-line history of Dr. Benjamin Rush's efforts to fight yellow fever in America in the 1790s, by Bob Arnebeck, with documents from the period.
http://www.geocities.com/bobarnebeck/fever...
In Memory of James Beattie Morison M.D.
Includes three papers Dr. Morison wrote on smoking in Canadian children, 1960 through 1982.
http://www3.telus.net/public/james135/jame...
Books and Documents Relevant to U.S. Military Medical History
Links to several on-line books published by the Army dealing with the history of epidemiology, preventative medicine and organization of the U.S. Army Medical Department and Medical Command
http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/bo...
John Snow
Life and times of a nineteenth century British physician, prominent in both epidemiology and anesthesiology.
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow.html
CDC Public Health Image Library - PHIL
An extensive collection of still images, image sets, and multimedia files related to public health.
http://phil.cdc.gov/
Clendening History of Medicine Library: Nightingale Letters
Exhibition of photographs and letters of Florence Nightingale pertaining to the history of nursing
http://clendening.kumc.edu/dc/fn/
Dr. Joseph Goldberger and the War on Pellagra
An essay on a pioneer in Public Health. Authored by Alan Kraut, Ph.D., Professor of History, American University.
http://www.nih.gov/od/museum/exhibits/gold...
Walter Reed Yellow Fever Papers at U. Va.
Personal and professional letters and documents written and received by Reed and his associates during their successful effort to prove the mosquito transmission of yellow fever
http://yellowfever.lib.virginia.edu/reed/c...
Memoir of 1798 Yellow Fever Epidemic
Dr. Benjamin Rush's Memoir of the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1798
http://www.geocities.com/bobarnebeck/Rushm...
Buchan's Domestic Medicine
An on-line transcription of William Buchan's 1785 home medical guide for the treatment and prevention of disease in the 18th century
http://www.americanrevolution.org/medicine...
50 Years of International Public Health
Articles of the World Health Organization's contributions to Public Health over the past 50 years.
http://www.who.int/archives/who50/en/50yea...
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