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U. S. Public Health Service Bicentennial Open in a new browser window  
   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/
International Network for the History of Public Health Open in a new browser window  
   Supported by the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health and cooperates with other institutions and foundations to promote the study of the history of public health.
   http://www.tema.liu.se/inhph/
CDC Public Health Image Library - PHIL Open in a new browser window  
   An extensive collection of still images, image sets, and multimedia files related to public health.
   http://phil.cdc.gov/
The Public Health Museum in Massachusetts Open in a new browser window  
   Extensive exhibit information and photographs about public health in Massachusetts.
   http://www.publichealthmuseum.org/
50 Years of International Public Health Open in a new browser window  
   Articles of the World Health Organization's contributions to Public Health over the past 50 years.
   http://www.who.int/archives/who50/en/50years.htm
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Open in a new browser window  
   Historical highlights.
   http://www.hhs.gov/about/hhshist.html
Images From the History of the Public Health Service Open in a new browser window  
   An online version of Images from the History of the Public Health Service; A Photographic Exhibit by Ramunas Kondratas, Ph.D. printed in 1994 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Public Health Service.
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/phs_history/contents.html
John Snow and Cholera Open in a new browser window  
   The life and times of Dr. John Snow (1813-1858), with multimedia pages including the complete text of On the Communication of Cholera. Created by the Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health.
   http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow.html
How the Other Half Lives Open in a new browser window  
   Studies of the Tenements of New York, by Jacob A. Riis, originally published in 1890. The Hypertext Edition, with illustrations, presented by American Studies at Yale.
   http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/inforev/riis/title.html
Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe Open in a new browser window  
   A hypertext archive of narratives and government records of Italian epidemics in the 14th century
   http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/osheim/intro.html
Dr. Joseph Goldberger and the War on Pellagra Open in a new browser window  
   An essay on a pioneer in Public Health. Authored by Alan Kraut, Ph.D., Professor of History, American University.
   http://www.nih.gov/od/museum/exhibits/goldberger/full-text.html
Andrew Balfour of Khartoum Open in a new browser window  
   The career of this pioneer of tropical medicine. Vintage photographs and links are also included.
   http://www.geocities.com/aaadeel/abofkrt.html
American History Sweatshop Exhibition Open in a new browser window  
   A pictorial tour of sweatshops from 1820 to the present. From the National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution.
   http://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/
Bulletin of the History of Medicine Open in a new browser window  
   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_medicine/indexold.html
Benjamin Rush and Yellow Fever Open in a new browser window  
   An on-line history of Dr. Benjamin Rush's efforts to fight yellow fever in America in the 1790s, by Bob Arnebeck, with documents from the period.
   http://www.geocities.com/bobarnebeck/fever1793.html
Buchan's Domestic Medicine Open in a new browser window  
   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
Memoir of 1798 Yellow Fever Epidemic Open in a new browser window  
   Dr. Benjamin Rush's Memoir of the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1798
   http://www.geocities.com/bobarnebeck/Rushmem98.html
Clendening History of Medicine Library: Nightingale Letters Open in a new browser window  
   Exhibition of photographs and letters of Florence Nightingale pertaining to the history of nursing
   http://clendening.kumc.edu/dc/fn/
Walter Reed Yellow Fever Papers at U. Va. Open in a new browser window  
   Personal and professional letters and documents written and received by Reed and his associates during their successful effort to prove the mosquito transmission of yellow fever
   http://yellowfever.lib.virginia.edu/reed/collection.html
Germ Theory Calendar Open in a new browser window  
   A time line of all speculation on and experiments pertaining to the germ theory of disease beginning in 50 BC and going to 1900
   http://germtheorycalendar.com/
Books and Documents Relevant to U.S. Military Medical History Open in a new browser window  
   Links to several on-line books published by the Army dealing with the history of epidemiology, preventative medicine and organization of the U.S. Army Medical Department and Medical Command
   http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/booksdocs_default.html
A Brief History of First Aid Open in a new browser window  
   Article about how the training of civilians in providing pre-medical care came about, beginning with the Order of St. John.
   http://www.sja-haltonhills.org/history2.html
Edward Jenner Open in a new browser window  
   Includes e-texts of the three publications about smallpox vaccination.
   http://www.bartleby.com/people/Jenner-E.html
In Memory of James Beattie Morison M.D. Open in a new browser window  
   In 1961 Dr. James Morison wrote an important paper on why people smoke: "Smoking Habits of Winnipeg School Children". He also wrote on nursing homes and public health.
   http://members.allstream.net/~jmorison/jamesbeattiemorisonmd.htm

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