Public Health and Social Jusitce

History of Medicine

 

History of MedicineArticles and syllabi covering history of medicine, historico-literary reflections on scientific research, hysteria, and human subject experimentation.

Slide Show:

*human subject experimentation – nazis – present
Slide show on 20th Century history of human subject experimentation, focusing on WW II Germany and Japan

Articles:

*Health professionals, environmental degradation, and social injustice: education and activism – Monash Bioethics Review
Article on the roles and responsibilities of health professionals in confronting the health consequences of environmental degradation and social injustice – focus on education, activism, literature, and history

*Historial Perspectives on Scientific Research – Adv Hlth Sci Educ
Article covering historical and literary perspectives on scientific research

*History of Hysteria – The Pharos.doc
Article re the history of hysteria

Syllabi:

Health Humanities Syllabus Repository: https://healthhumanitiessyllabi.rice.edu/s/health-humanities-syllabus-repository/page/Home

History of Med I Syllabus 2001.doc
History of Medicine I syllabus, OHSU

History of Med II Syllabus 2002.doc
History of Medicine II Syllabus, OHSU

External Links:

History of Medicine Resources on the WWW – Dr. Jon Erlen
Extensive list courtesy of Jonathan Erlen, PhD

American Association for the History of Medicine: http://www.histmed.org/
(contains numerous links to other resources)

Internet Resources in the History of Medicine and Science: http://www.med.yale.edu/library/historical/internet.html

Medical Heritage Library: http://www.medicalheritage.org/

Medical History Resources (from Yext Podiatrists): http://www.yext.com/podiatrists/articles/medical-history-resources.html

National Library of Medicine History of Medicine Division: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/index.html

Start Local History of Medicine Articles: http://www.startlocal.in/articles/educational_articles_a_history_of_medicine.html

UC Berkeley Office for the History of Science and Technology: http://cstms.berkeley.edu/research/ohst/

UCLA Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences: http://www.library.ucla.edu/specialcollections/biomedicallibrary/index.cfm

UCLA History of Medicine: http://unitproj1.library.ucla.edu/biomed/histmed/index.cfm