History: Primary Sources by Era or Topic

Medical illustrations from printed works, 1522-1867.

Exhibit on Greek, Roman and Byzantine documents and practices.

Duke digital collection of images of medical tools and equipment

Images and exhibits from their collection

The collection provides general background information on diseases and epidemics worldwide, and is organized around significant “episodes” of contagious disease. Materials include digitized copies of books, serials, pamphlets, incunabula, and manuscripts — a total of more than 500,000 pages from Harvard university's collections.

Duke University has digitized over 3,000 photographs, illustrations, engravings, and bookplates from the history of the health and life sciences

Digitized from Yale

Digital collection of archival, primary, and interpretive materials related to the history of the 1918-1919 influenza epidemic in the U.S. (Univ. of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine)

Annual reports produced by the Medical Officer of Health (MOH) of a district which set out the work done by public health and sanitary officers.

The MHL’s growing collection of digitized medical rare books, pamphlets, journals, and films number in the tens of thousands, with representative works from each of the past six centuries, all of which are available through the Internet Archive.

Official publications varying from short reports to multi-volume histories related to disease, public health and medical research.

Duke University collection of advertising related to medicine.

Original works demonstrating the evolution of American medicine from colonial frontier outposts of the 17th century to research hospitals of the 20th century. 1610-1920.

Concepts of health and wellness in some Native American communities

National Library of Medicine's Archives and Modern Manuscript Program's (AMMP) Oral History Collections cover a broad range of topics, people and institutions from throughout the medical and health sciences, 1960-present.

Visual documents related to the history of medicine, predominantly prints with some photographs, drawings, posters, and cartoons.

200 years of medical illustration. Illustrations were essential in spreading new scientific and medical ideas and it was often the case that new developments in the sciences were accompanied by corresponding developments in illustrative techniques.

An archive of 14 million documents created by tobacco companies about their advertising, manufacturing, marketing, scientific research and political activities, hosted by the UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management.

U.S.Army Medical Department Office of Medical History

Dictionary of disease or anatomical conditions named after people. Includes biography of the persons the condition was named after.