Introductory essays on medical history plus essays on various medical topics (e.g. public health, specific diseases) which include the classical period. Entries have bibliographies.
This is a good source for information about medical terminology. If you can't find a term in it, or need more information, try one of the more comprehensive collections below.
The digitised version of the annual directory for Montreal and the surrounding area covering the years 1842 to 1999. There are name and business directories (e.g. physicians' listings), plus other information.
This source searches multiple reference books, providing definitions and brief information for terms and people in medicine and history, drawing upon works such as the Oxford Companion to the Body, the Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary, and the Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science. This resource can be searched in total or by specific subject areas.
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Companion Encyclopedia of the History of Medicine. Osler Ref WZ 13 C737 1993. This work has many good essays with bibliographies.
A Dictionary of the History of Medicine. Osler Ref folio WZ 13 S443d 1999.
Trois siecles d'histoire medicale au Quebec: chronologie des institutions et des pratiques (1639-1939). Osler Ref WZ 70 D C2a G698t 1992 (also available in Osler regular loan).
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