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- Anatomia (1522-1867)Contains historic anatomical sketches documenting advances made in understanding the human body throughout History.
- Country Doctor Museum CollectionsExhibits of historic artifacts used by traveling doctors documenting the efforts of rural medicine in the United States.
- Historical Medical LibraryOffers access to a variety of collections organized by topic focusing on medical history. Of particular note is a collection on historically failed medical treatments.
- Medical Heritage LibraryThe library is a freely available collection of resources, including text, audio, and video with new items being added all the time. There are sub-collections for some particular bodies of material including the "american rare historical medical journal" and the "state medical society journal collections".
- Medicine and Madison AvenueCollection of advertisements for medicines, tonics, tinctures, and various other remedies from the late 19th century and early 20th century.
- Project GutenburgThis collection contains materials that are categorized by the history of medicine, instructional from doctors, nursing, patent medicines (quack remedies), public health, self-help, and organized by Library of Congress subject headings.
- National Library of Medicine Digital CollectionsDigital Collections is the National Library of Medicine's free online repository of biomedical resources including books, still images, videos, and maps. All of the content in Digital Collections is freely available worldwide and, unless otherwise indicated, in the public domain.
- New York Public Library New York Hospitals Collection(1800s-1900s)A selection of images relating to historic hospitals in New York during the 1800s and 1900s.
- Disability History CollectionThe collection emphasizes the role played by a racially and ethnically diverse cast of Texan disability rights activists, many of whom attended or have worked at UT Arlington, in fighting for equal access to education, work, union membership, public transit, and sports in the late 1960s.
- Disability History MuseumThis collection's documents and visual stills show the cultural and social history of people with disabilities across the lifespan and diagnosis categories. The records detail everyday practices, dominant ideologies, and alternative perspectives.
- The Disability Right and Independent Living MovementThis is a collection of primary sources exploring the social and political history of the disability movement from the 1960s to the present. Investigate related projects on artists with disabilities and the Self-Advocacy Movement.
- History Through Deaf EarsThis collection chronicles deaf life in America through photographs from the past two centuries. The online exhibit is a scaled-down adaptation of a traveling exhibition (active from 2001 to 2006) that highlighted the social and cultural history of deaf people in the United States.
- Image Archive of the American Eugenics Movement (1899-1940s)Offers access to various images documenting the efforts of the American Eugenics Movement to breed better humans during the 20th century. Offers insight into the social stigma attached to mental illness during this era. Click the "enter the archive button" to launch its module.
- Timeline: Treatments for Mental IllnessThis is a timeline of treatments for mental illness from 400 BC to 1992.
- Wellcome Library Mental Health CollectionsOne of the world's major resources for the study of medical history. They also offer a growing collection of material relating to contemporary medicine and biomedical science in society. This collection includes free digitized material and original documents in their archives and manuscripts.