Massachusetts Medical Society: Member Interest Network: A Gathering of Medical Historians

Member Interest Network: A Gathering of Medical Historians

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

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