Resources

Medical History

  • American Association for the History of Medicine
    The AAHM is a scholarly association dedicated to the study of the history of health, healing and disease. It is the longest continuously functioning academic society of this kind in North America. The membership of the Association includes historians, health professionals, librarians, curators and archivists as well as graduate students in history and the health sciences. Each spring the annual meeting of the AAHM offers a wealth of workshops, seminars, lectures and luncheons and includes over two days of peer-reviewed research and scholarship on the history of healing, health and disease.
  • Bulletin of History of Medicine
    The leading journal in its field for more than three quarters of a century, the Bulletin is the official publication of the American Association for the History of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Institute of the History of Medicine. Each issue spans the social, cultural, and scientific aspects of the history of medicine worldwide and includes reviews of recent books on medical history. Published by the Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Chicago Literary Club - Index of papers online
    The Club is a voluntary association of men and women interested in writing original essays on topics of their own choosing and in listening to other members present their research.  Papers can be viewed online by subject including several papers on medical history.
  • Health and History: Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Society for the History of Medicine
    The Society's journal, Health and History, is published twice yearly. Its Editor is Dr Hans Pols, Director, Unit for History and Philosophy of Science at The University of Sydney. Health and History is peer reviewed and carries high quality research papers on the history of medicine and health, book review essays and other matters of interest
  • History in Focus: Medical History
    Published by the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London, issue 3 of the History in Focus brings together resources for the History of Medicine, from antiquity to the twentieth century.
  • History of Vaccines - The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
    The College of Physicians of Philadelphia presents The History of Vaccines a website that chronicles the history of immunization, from pre-Jennerian variolation, to the defeat of polio in the Western Hemisphere, to cutting-edge approaches to novel vaccines. The site highlights the historical contributions of vaccines to human health and explains the role of immunization in healthcare through a set of media-rich time-lines, activities, and articles.
  • International Society for the History of Medicine
    The purpose of the Society is to assist and support the historical study of all questions relating to the medical and biomedical sciences. Specifically, the Society seeks to improve communication between individuals and professional groups throughout the world interested in these disciplines to promote the teaching and spread knowledge on these topics. The Society sponsors and oversees the organization of biannual international congresses in the history of medicine.
  • Intute: Health & Life Sciences
    A free online catalogue of resources and websites on the history of medicine and allied sciences, covering all aspects of the history of health and development of medical knowledge.
  • Journal of Medical Biographies
    an international quarterly publication that focuses on the lives of people in or associated with medicine, those considered legendary as well as the less well known.
  • Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine
    is the official scientific quarterly publication of the Medical Ethics and History of Medicine at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The journal provides an opportunity for discussing new ideas in the professional field that deal with ethical issues in medicine from different points of view such as Sociology, Philosophy, and Theology.
  • Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
    Started in 1946, the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences is internationally recognized as one of the top publications in its field. The journal's coverage is broad, publishing the latest original research on the written beginnings of medicine in all its aspects. When possible and appropriate, it focuses on what practitioners of the healing arts did or taught, and how their peers, as well as patients, received and interpreted their efforts. Subscription required for full access to articles.
  • Medical History
    Medical History is a refereed journal devoted to all aspects of the history of medicine and health, with the goal of broadening and deepening the understanding of the field, in the widest sense, by historical studies of the highest quality. It is also the journal of the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health.
  • Notes and Records of the Royal Society
    is an international journal which publishes original research in the history of science, technology and medicine up to and including the 21st century.
  • Social History of Medicine
    Social History of Medicine is concerned with all aspects of health, illness, and medical treatment in the past. It is committed to publishing work on the social history of medicine from a variety of disciplines. The journal offers its readers substantive and lively articles on a variety of themes, critical assessments of archives and sources, conference reports, up-to-date information on research in progress, a discussion point on topics of current controversy and concern, review articles, and wide-ranging book reviews. Subscription required for full access to articles.
  • Wellcome Library
    The Wellcome Library, located in London, England, provides collections of books, manuscripts, archives, films and pictures on the history of medicine from the earliest times to the present day.