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  • Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe

  • A hypertext archive of narratives and government records of Italian epidemics in the 14th century
    http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/osheim/intro.html

  • 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_the_history_of_medi...

  • Edward Jenner

  • Includes e-texts of the three publications about smallpox vaccination.
    http://www.bartleby.com/people/Jenner-E.html

  • Life in Wisconsin Sanatoriums

  • Short memoir of life in two Wisconsin tuberculosis sanatoriums in 1920s, Hickory Grove and Muirdale, with photos and history of each. plus links to sites on TB.
    http://home.att.net/~hickorygrove/

  • 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/

  • 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.html

  • 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/

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