World Catalog : Society : History : By Topic : Science : Medicine

Medicine

Home

Schools told to counter extremism

Schools in England are given advice on how to protect pupils from being recruited by supporters of violent extremism.

news.bbc.co.uk

NHS 'needs flying doctor network'

The NHS needs a network of flying doctors to cope with the closure of accident and emergency units, experts say.

news.bbc.co.uk

Icesave worries

Financial expert answers readers' banking questions

news.bbc.co.uk

Speed machines

How flying doctors are saving lives - at 145mph

news.bbc.co.uk

Canal plan to power 45,000 homes

Turbines along British canals and rivers could power 45,000 homes within five years under new plans.

news.bbc.co.uk

US anger at Guantanamo Bay ruling

The White House criticises a US judge who ruled 17 Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay should be freed into the US.

news.bbc.co.uk

Your stories

UK customers of bank Icesave voice their concerns

news.bbc.co.uk

US voters put rivals to the test

The US presidential hopefuls spar over the financial crisis and foreign policy in a debate where voters put the questions.

news.bbc.co.uk

Talks to avert second rail strike

Union leaders are to meet Network Rail bosses in a bid to avert a second day of strike action by signal workers.

news.bbc.co.uk

Send your video, pictures and story ideas

Have you got a good story? BBC News wants to hear from you.

news.bbc.co.uk

Mosley wants action to 'save' F1

Max Mosley says Formula One needs to implement drastic cost-cutting measures by 2010 if it is to remain a "credible" sport.

news.bbc.co.uk

School defends Barcelona training

The head of an Oldham school says a teacher-training weekend held in Barcelona was the "cheapest option".

news.bbc.co.uk

Soldier's journey

Can you go from firefights back to ordinary life?

news.bbc.co.uk

Reserves raided to stop cutbacks

The assembly government wants to take £200m from its reserves to stop cutbacks in key public services in Wales next year.

news.bbc.co.uk

No game-changer

How McCain failed to pull off the big win he needed

news.bbc.co.uk

BAE firm in body armour pay-out

A subsidiary of UK defence giant BAE Systems has agreed to pay millions of dollars to the US government over defective body armour.

news.bbc.co.uk

Murder inquiry after body found

Police investigating the murder of a 62-year-old widow say they want to speak to anyone who saw her in recent days.

news.bbc.co.uk

FA chief fears '£3bn' club debts

FA chairman Lord Triesman says the global credit crisis could pose a "terrible danger" to clubs with spiralling debts.

news.bbc.co.uk

'Deepest ever' living fish filmed - 7.5km down

The "deepest ever" living fish are discovered 7.5km down, scientists say.

news.bbc.co.uk

'Tourists die' in Nepal air crash

Twelve German tourists are among 18 killed as a passenger plane crashes in Nepal's Everest region, airport officials say.

news.bbc.co.uk

Last orders

Is it the bitter end for Ireland's love affair with the pub?

news.bbc.co.uk

'Cactus Kid' fruit drink advert spiked

A fruit drink TV advert which showed a girl running away from home with her "cactus" boyfriend has been ordered off the air.

news.bbc.co.uk

UK bank rescue package imminent

Details of a £50bn rescue package for the banking system are set to be announced by the chancellor.

news.bbc.co.uk

Big-money England match in doubt

The $20m match between England and Sir Allen Stanford's Caribbean team is in doubt after a High Court ruling over sponsorship.

news.bbc.co.uk

Fraudsters 'target bank accounts'

Credit restrictions in the financial crisis are causing identity fraudsters to target existing bank accounts, a report says.

news.bbc.co.uk


 World Catalog > Society > History > By Topic > Science > Medicine

 Last searches:second mortgagesgroup health insurancerefinance feesjuegoscorreiosrefinancing texas

World Catalog > Society > History > By Topic > Science > Medicine

  • People (31)
  • Midwifery (9)
  • Nursing (96)
  • Public Health (23)
  • Archives (11)
  • Institutions (8)
  • Organizations (8)
  • Publications (8)
  • Medicine:

    The Anatomists

    Describes the development of early surgeons progressing from part-time barbers to skilled medical professionals. Page includes biographies of key historic figures and events that led to the creation of the Anatomy Act.

    http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/A/anatomists/medicine1.html

    Ancient Medicine/Medicina Antiqua

    Chronicles the practice of Medicine in the Greek and Roman eras, with translations of works by Hippocrates and Galen as well as essays, bibliographies, mailing lists, and othe resources.

    http://www.medicinaantiqua.org.uk/Medant/

    Graand

    Free Classified Ads Portal

    www.graand.com

    Anesthesia History

    Index to history of anaestheia resources on the Web

    http://www.anes.uab.edu/aneshist/aneshist.htm

    The Ascelpion

    Features topics about ancient medicine. Contains texts and illustrations.

    http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/intro.HTM

    Before Depression

    A research project by the English departments of the Universities of Northumbria and Sunderland on what depression was before it was called depression (1660-1800). Details of public lectures, a conference, an exhibition and publications.

    http://www.beforedepression.com

    Bibliography of Secondary Works in the History of Medicine and Related Health Fields

    A non-critical electronic bibliography from the Ruth Lilly Medical Library of monographs and classic works in the field of American history of medicine and related topics.

    http://www.medlib.iupui.edu/hom/biblio.html

    The Birth of the Clinic

    Lois Shawver's notes on Foucault's Birth of the Clinic

    http://www.california.com/~rathbone/foucbc.htm

    Classical Islamic Biomedicine

    Index website maintained by the Karolinska Institute.

    http://www.mic.ki.se/Arab.html

    David Grove

    The author of "A Human History of Helminthology", "Strongyloidiasis: a major roundworm infection of man" and "Alternative Medicine: fact or fiction?".

    http://mywebpage.netscape.com/davidigrove/DavidGrove.htm

    ECG Library: A (Not So) Brief History of Electrocardiography

    An illustrated timeline from 1600 onwards, including electrocuting chickens (1775) and hypothermic dogs (1953).

    http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghist.html

    Every Man His Own Doctor

    An online exhibit on Popular Medicine in Early America, from Colonial times to the mid 19th Century.

    http://www.librarycompany.org/doctor/everyman.html

    Flash-Med:Medicine history and trivia

    Medical education resource with facts and trivia about the history of medicine in a question and answer format.

    http://www.flash-med.com/Flash-Med-Trivia.asp

    Global Project on the History of Leprosy

    The International Leprosy Association is developing a database of leprosy archives around the world.

    http://www.leprosyhistory.org

    Health Service Development and History

    Current developments in the British NHS, follow up to Geoffrey Rivett's Book, From Cradle to Grave

    http://www.nhshistory.com/

    Historical Medical Digital Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia

    Title pages, contents pages, indexes, illustrations, and extracts from the text of many books availabale online.

    http://www.collphyphil.org/HMDLSubweb/indexhmdl.htm_1.htm

    History of Anaesthesia

    GASMAN - A Personal History of Anaesthesia; A memoir and commentary by English anaesthetist John Powell. It also includes other articles on the History of Anaesthesia.

    http://www.johnpowell.net/

    History of Biomedicine

    Features a historical perspective of the medical and biomedical fields, including useful research links. From the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.

    http://www.mic.ki.se/History.html

    History of Biomedicine: Indigenous Cultures

    Numerous links to web pages on the contributions of indigenous cultures to the practice of medicine, from pre-history to present.

    http://www.mic.ki.se/Indig.html

    A History of Cardiology

    University of Iowa online exhibition from 1990. Traces the interwoven history of medical knowledge and technological advance from Galen's early description of the circulatory system to modern breakthroughs in prevention, diagnosis and treatment

    http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/medmuseum/galleryexhibits/beatgoesonhistory/beatgoesonhistory.html

    History of the Health Sciences Web Resources

    List of links maintained by Patricia Gallagher and Stephen Greenburg for the History of the Health Sciences Section of MLA

    http://www.mla-hhss.org/histlink.htm

    History of the Royal College of General Practitioners

    Shows establishment of general practice (family medicine) as a speciality and academic discipline in Great Britain. Includes background history of general practice, foundation of the College, history of the College and its building and detailed chronology by subject. Links to Royal College of General Practitioners Archives pages.

    http://www.rcgp.org.uk/history/histories/index.asp

    Images from the History of Medicine

    Provides access to the thousands of prints and photograph collection of the History of Medicine Division (HMD) of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The collection includes portraits, pictures of institutions, caricatures, genre scenes, and graphic art in a variety of media, illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine.

    http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/

    In Our Time: Anatomy

    BBC Radio 4 discussion of 2,000 years of the study of human anatomy.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20020214.shtml

    Mad in America

    A history of medical treatments for mental illness, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric disorders, and why those treatments led to the antipsychiatry movement.

    http://www.madinamerica.com

    Mersenne

    UK based discussion list for science, technology and medicine studies

    http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/mersenne.html

    The Origins of Chinese Medicine

    A short account by Imre Galambos of the origins of Chinese medical texts (1996).

    http://www.logoi.com/notes/chinese_medicine.html

    Phineas Gage

    Tells the story of the 19th Century man who survived severe damage to the brain, and how the accident led to significant changes in his personality and mood.

    http://www.deakin.edu.au/hbs/GAGEPAGE/

    Pictures of Health

    Health and public health issues in the 19th century, with sections on "Health of the Body Politic", "Fever", "War's Cruel Scythe", "Quacks and Quackery", and "Populate or Perish".

    http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/13025/20040119/www.maps.jcu.edu.au/course/hist/index.html

    PolioHistory - Yahoo Group

    A place to share stories and resources about the history of polio; from the epidemics, to the vaccines, to post polio syndrome, to eradication.

    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PolioHistory/

    Prize Microscopes Awarded by the New York Homeopathic Medical College. 1874-1916

    The New York Homeopathic Medical College awarded a prize microscope to the best graduates. This article is about this practice and it describes 5 of these prize microscopes.

    http://www.antique-microscopes.com/prize_microscopes/pz.html

    The Rise of Scientific Medicine

    Course notes and presentations from University of Stanford course which explores the historical development of cultural beliefs and institutions in Western Europe and the United States during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries which led to the establishment of the modern system of medicine.

    http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/154.html

    A Short History of Medical Careers

    From prehistoric shamanism to the 20th-century specialist. Developed by students for ThinkQuest.

    http://library.thinkquest.org/15569/hist-1.html

    Spanish American War Medicine

    Medical practice in the Spanish American War, primarily by US Army medical staff and DAR Volunteer nurses upon US soldiers.

    http://www.spanamwar.com/medical.htm

    US 19th-Century Doctors' Thoughts about Native American Medicine

    Excerpts from comments made by white doctors on the nature of medical practice among Native Americans. Exhibition from the National Library of Medicine.

    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/if_you_knew/if_you_knew_04.html

    The Virtual Laboratory

    A platform where historians publish and discuss their research on experimentation in the life sciences, art, and technology. Managed by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.

    http://vlp.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/

    Who Named It?

    A biographical dictionary of medical eponyms, i.e. medical conditions and techniques and the people for whom they are named.

    http://www.whonamedit.com/

    150 Years of Anesthesia 1846-1996

    Presented by Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University. Articles discuss the impact, people involved, surgery before anesthesia and current developments in the field.

    http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/History/ether1.htm

    Reserves raided to stop cutbacks

    The assembly government wants to take £200m from its reserves to stop cutbacks in key public services in Wales next year.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Your stories

    UK customers of bank Icesave voice their concerns

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Speed machines

    How flying doctors are saving lives - at 145mph

    news.bbc.co.uk

    US voters put rivals to the test

    The US presidential hopefuls spar over the financial crisis and foreign policy in a debate where voters put the questions.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Icesave worries

    Financial expert answers readers' banking questions

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Last orders

    Is it the bitter end for Ireland's love affair with the pub?

    news.bbc.co.uk

    'Tourists die' in Nepal air crash

    Twelve German tourists are among 18 killed as a passenger plane crashes in Nepal's Everest region, airport officials say.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    FA chief fears '£3bn' club debts

    FA chairman Lord Triesman says the global credit crisis could pose a "terrible danger" to clubs with spiralling debts.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    'Deepest ever' living fish filmed - 7.5km down

    The "deepest ever" living fish are discovered 7.5km down, scientists say.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Soldier's journey

    Can you go from firefights back to ordinary life?

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Mosley wants action to 'save' F1

    Max Mosley says Formula One needs to implement drastic cost-cutting measures by 2010 if it is to remain a "credible" sport.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    School defends Barcelona training

    The head of an Oldham school says a teacher-training weekend held in Barcelona was the "cheapest option".

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Big-money England match in doubt

    The $20m match between England and Sir Allen Stanford's Caribbean team is in doubt after a High Court ruling over sponsorship.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Canal plan to power 45,000 homes

    Turbines along British canals and rivers could power 45,000 homes within five years under new plans.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Send your video, pictures and story ideas

    Have you got a good story? BBC News wants to hear from you.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    No game-changer

    How McCain failed to pull off the big win he needed

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Murder inquiry after body found

    Police investigating the murder of a 62-year-old widow say they want to speak to anyone who saw her in recent days.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    US anger at Guantanamo Bay ruling

    The White House criticises a US judge who ruled 17 Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay should be freed into the US.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    'Cactus Kid' fruit drink advert spiked

    A fruit drink TV advert which showed a girl running away from home with her "cactus" boyfriend has been ordered off the air.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    UK bank rescue package imminent

    Details of a £50bn rescue package for the banking system are set to be announced by the chancellor.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    NHS 'needs flying doctor network'

    The NHS needs a network of flying doctors to cope with the closure of accident and emergency units, experts say.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Talks to avert second rail strike

    Union leaders are to meet Network Rail bosses in a bid to avert a second day of strike action by signal workers.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Schools told to counter extremism

    Schools in England are given advice on how to protect pupils from being recruited by supporters of violent extremism.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Fraudsters 'target bank accounts'

    Credit restrictions in the financial crisis are causing identity fraudsters to target existing bank accounts, a report says.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    BAE firm in body armour pay-out

    A subsidiary of UK defence giant BAE Systems has agreed to pay millions of dollars to the US government over defective body armour.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Tragbare Geräte | 作業用品-DIY・ガーデン・ペット | 人妻-アダルト-DVD | Autozubehör | ボディケア-ビューティー | 手机 | Babymöbel | Live-Albums-Rock | Activités-créatives | Management | キッチン家電-家電 | Décoration-de-Maison | Audiobooks | Pet Health | 電話機・ファックス-オフィスエレクトロニクス | Techno Trance Dance Music | Graphics Software | アパレル-ベビー-マタニティ | Damenuhren | Childrens-Music


    Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web
    Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor