International Network for the History of Public Health - Supported by the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health and cooperates

International Network for the History of Public Health

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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.

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Images From the History of the Public Health Service : 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.
Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe : A hypertext archive of narratives and government records of Italian epidemics in the 14th century
Edward Jenner : Includes e-texts of the three publications about smallpox vaccination.
Bulletin of the History of Medicine : 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.
Books and Documents Relevant to U.S. Military Medical History : 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
Germ Theory Calendar : A time line of all speculation on and experiments pertaining to the germ theory of disease beginning in 50 BC and going to 1900
Walter Reed Yellow Fever Papers at U. Va. : 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

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