Arts, History, Humanism & Culture Member Interest Network
(AHH&C MIN): Medical History Section
The Medical History section of the
MIN organizes periodic events, such as tours and presentations at the Boston
Medical Library, the official library of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
Scroll this page for key resources on
medical history and recommended recent books covering some of the most pivotal
or dramatic episodes in history through the lens of human health.
For more information, contact Cathy Salas at (413) 596-9231 or csalas@mms.org.
Recommended web resources:
American
Association for the History of Medicine
Boston Medical Library
Countway
Library of Medicine
Interviews with MMS past presidents (video)
Available at the MMS Branch of the Boston
Medical Library:
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University Press
Beginning with Volume 75, no. 1, 2001
Journal of the History of Medicine
and Allied Sciences
Oxford University Press
Beginning with Volume 56, no. 1, 2001
The Classics of Medicine
Gryphon Publications