Every March, National Women’s History Month serves as an opportunity to celebrate the groundbreaking accomplishments of women throughout history. From the earliest days of medicine, women have made ...

INTRODUCTION -- ANATOMY: Hippocrates of Cos -- Anatomy according to Galen -- Medical illustration -- Renaissance art -- The first modern medical classic -- A missed opportunity -- Looking for a ...

Rev. and expanded ed. of: The healers. c1976. Beginnings of American medicine -- Eighteenth century -- Medical profession -- Medicine in the revolutionary years -- Early nineteenth-century medicine -- ...

The combined history of the Division of Preventive Medicine (DOPM) and the Division of General Internal Medicine (GIM) at UAB traces a shared legacy of innovation in clinical care, research, and ...

Ancient Egyptians' healthcare system was "advanced and successful" for its time, the authors of a new book on the topic have said. Medicine and Healing Practices in Ancient Egypt by researchers ...

A phenomenon well familiar to historians of medicine is the psychic epidemic, an illness attribution that spreads epidemically, then is forgotten. In the nineteenth century, psychiatry fostered such ...