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Surgery of Ancient Rome (Popularity:  )
http://www.med.virginia.edu/hs-library/historical/antiqua/instru.html
Original instruments excavated from the House of the Surgeon at Pompeii. From the Historical Collections & Services of the Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia.
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Brief History of Electrocardiography (Popularity: )
http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghist.html
Timeline of events in the development of electrocardiography from 1842 onwards.
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Catholic Encyclopedia: The Church and Eugenics (Popularity: )
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16038b.htm
Discuses the Catholic view of the social movement focused on human heredity started by Sir Francis Galton in the early 1900s.
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Canadian Medical Hall of Fame (Popularity: )
http://www.cdnmedhall.org
Advances the knowledge and appreciation of the development of medicine in Canada by commemorating those who have made significant contributions.
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Wikipedia: Eugenics (Popularity: )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics
Offers a brief history of the 20th century movement.
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Who Named It? (Popularity: )
http://www.whonamedit.com
Dictionary of medical eponyms with the stories of diseases, conditions, medical syndromes, and the people whose names they carry.
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Vermont Eugenics: A Documentary History (Popularity: )
http://www.uvm.edu/~eugenics
Looks at how eugenics took root and flourished during the first half of the 20th century.
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Eugenic Feminisms in Late Nineteenth-Century America: Reading Race in Victoria Woodhull, Frances Willard, Anna Julia Cooper and Ida B. Wells (Popularity: )
http://www.genders.org/g31/g31_athey.html
Essay examining the American intersections of eugenic discourse and organized feminism in the 1890s.
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Eugenics Record Office Records, 1670-1964 (Popularity: )
http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/mole/e/ero.htm
Documenting the projects of the Eugenics Record Office during the thirty-four years of its operation.
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Against Their Will: North Carolina's Sterilization Program [read review] (Popularity: )
http://againsttheirwill.journalnow.com
A five-part multimedia presentation on the state-sponsored eugenics program of North Carolina that lasted from 1933-1974. Presented by JournalNow & The Winston-Salem Journal.
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General Practice Airways Group (Popularity: )
http://www.gpiag.org/
Glossary of archaic or obsolete medical terminology and expressions.
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Midwives and Maternity Care in the Roman World (Popularity: )
http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/midwife.HTM
Examines the gap between "professional" care (the midwifes and doctors) and folk medicine.
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MedHist (Popularity: )
http://www.medhist.ac.uk
Gateway to resources for the history of medicine and allied sciences.
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American Association of the History of Medicine (Popularity: )
http://www.histmed.org
Scholarly association studying the history of the health professions.
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Ancient Medicine: From Homer to Vesalius (Popularity: )
http://www.med.virginia.edu/hs-library/historical/antiqua/anthome.html
Online exhibition prepared in conjunction with the Colloquium "Antiqua Medicina: Aspects in Ancient Medicine."
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Medical Heritage of Great Britain (Popularity: )
http://www.medicalheritage.co.uk
Raising awareness of the history and archaeology of medicine. Includes searchable geographical database.
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MedHist (Popularity: )
http://medhist.ac.uk
Gateway to resources for the history of medicine and allied sciences.
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Eugenics Archive (Popularity: )
http://www.eugenicsarchive.org
Materials from the Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor, which was the center of American eugenics research from 1910-1940. Includes reports, articles, charts, and pedigrees that were considered scientific ...
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The Microscope of Robley Dunglison (Popularity: )
http://www.antique-microscopes.com/photos/smith.htm
The microscope was made by James Smith of London in 1845. Robley Dunglison was America’s first full-time professor of medicine. Dunglison was the personal physician to Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, ...
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Islamic Medical Manuscripts at the National Library of Medicine (Popularity: )
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/arabic/arabichome.html
Biographies, images, and historical accounts of medieval medicine and science designed for students and everyone interested in the history of Islamic and European culture.
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