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	Who Named It? URL: http://www.whonamedit.com/ ODP description: A biographical dictionary of medical eponyms, i.e. medical conditions and techniques and the people for whom they are named. Page title: www.whonamedit.com Page description: Comprehensive dictionary of medical eponyms. The stories of diseases, conditions, medical syndromes and the people whose names they carry.
	History of Biomedicine URL: http://www.mic.ki.se/History.html ODP description: Features a historical perspective of the medical and biomedical fields, including useful research links. From the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. Page title: History of Medicine
	Pictures of Health URL: http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/13025/20040119/www.maps.jcu.edu.au/course/hist/index.html ODP description: 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". Page title: History on the Web
	Every Man His Own Doctor URL: http://www.librarycompany.org/doctor/everyman.html ODP description: An online exhibit on Popular Medicine in Early America, from Colonial times to the mid 19th Century.
	MedHist URL: http://medhist.ac.uk/ ODP description: Searchable catalog of resources related to the history of medicine and allied sciences, developed and managed by the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Page title: Intute: Health and Life Sciences - MedHist Page description: MedHist gateway
	The Rise of Scientific Medicine URL: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/154.html ODP description: 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. Page title: Scientific Medicine
	Prize Microscopes Awarded by the New York Homeopathic Medical College. 1874-1916 URL: http://www.antique-microscopes.com/prize_microscopes/pz.html ODP description: 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. Page title: The Prize Microscopes Awarded by the New York Homeopathic Medical College. 1874-1916
	PolioHistory - Yahoo Group URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PolioHistory/ ODP description: A place to share stories and resources about the history of polio; from the epidemics, to the vaccines, to post polio syndrome, to eradication. Page title: PolioHistory : PolioHistory Page description: PolioHistory: PolioHistory
	The Ascelpion URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/intro.HTM ODP description: Features topics about ancient medicine. Contains texts and illustrations. Page title: intro
	Global Project on the History of Leprosy URL: http://www.leprosyhistory.org ODP description: The International Leprosy Association is developing a database of leprosy archives around the world. Page title: ILA Global Project on the History of Leprosy
	History of Biomedicine: Indigenous Cultures URL: http://www.mic.ki.se/Indig.html ODP description: Numerous links to web pages on the contributions of indigenous cultures to the practice of medicine, from pre-history to present.
	Mersenne URL: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/mersenne.html ODP description: UK based discussion list for science, technology and medicine studies Page title: Archives of MERSENNE@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
	Historical Medical Digital Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia URL: http://www.collphyphil.org/HMDLSubweb/indexhmdl.htm_1.htm ODP description: Title pages, contents pages, indexes, illustrations, and extracts from the text of many books availabale online. Page title: home
	Health Service Development and History URL: http://www.nhshistory.com/ ODP description: Current developments in the British NHS, follow up to Geoffrey Rivett's Book, From Cradle to Grave Page title: The History and Development of the British NHS Page description: Contemporary developments in the British NHS, and the clinical and organisational developments. Followup of Geoffrey Rivett's book, From Cradle to Grave
	Bibliography of Secondary Works in the History of Medicine and Related Health Fields URL: http://www.medlib.iupui.edu/hom/biblio.html ODP description: 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. Page title: Ruth Lilly Medical Library
	History of the Royal College of General Practitioners URL: http://www.rcgp.org.uk/history/histories/index.asp ODP description: 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. Page title: RCGP UK - Page Can Not Be Found Page description: Page Can Not Be Found
	ECG Library: A (Not So) Brief History of Electrocardiography URL: http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghist.html ODP description: An illustrated timeline from 1600 onwards, including electrocuting chickens (1775) and hypothermic dogs (1953). Page title: ECG timeline - History of the electrocardiogram Page description: 12-lead ECG library, A brief history of electrocardiography from 1600 onwards.
	The Origins of Chinese Medicine URL: http://www.logoi.com/notes/chinese_medicine.html ODP description: A short account by Imre Galambos of the origins of Chinese medical texts (1996). Page title: The origins of Chinese medicine - The early development of medical literature in China Page description: The archeological discoveries of the last few decades reveal that during the two centuries of the Western Han dynasty (206 BC â 23 AD), Chinese medical thought underwent a process of comprehensive standardization and systematization.
	The Birth of the Clinic URL: http://www.california.com/~rathbone/foucbc.htm ODP description: Lois Shawver's notes on Foucault's Birth of the Clinic Page title: Dictionary for the Study of the Works of Michel Foucault
	The Anatomists URL: http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/A/anatomists/medicine1.html ODP description: 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.