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Journal Articles
Books
Biographical
Information
Images
& Portraits
History
of Medicine around the World
Historical
Statistics
Scholarly
Societies for the History of Medicine
Selected Modern
Manuscript and Archival Collections at the University of Chicago Library
John Crerar Library
Collection of
Rare Books in the History of Science and Medicine
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History of Medicine: Finding Biographical
Information
This guide is meant to be general a starting point to biographical research
in the history of medicine, primarily within North America. Print and
electronic resources are included. Print Resources
| Electronic Resources
To find books about
a specific person, search for their name in the "Subject Alphabetical
Browse" index of the Catalog. Remember to search lastname, firstname.
For example Snow, John.
To find books written
by a specific person, search for their name in the "Author Alphabetical
Browse" index of the Catalog.
Print Resources
- Dictionary of scientific
biography / Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor-in-chief. New York :
Scribner, [1970-] 18 volume set. Crerar Reference, floor 1 Q141.D5
- Nobel lectures,
including presentation speeches and laureates' biographies: Physiology
or medicine. New York : Published for the Nobel Foundation by Elsevier
Pub. Co., 1964 Crerar Stacks QH311.N74
- A Biographical
History of Medicine: excerpts and essays on the men and their work..
John H. Talbott, MD. New York: Grunne and Stratton, 1970. Crerar
Reference, floor 1 R34.T18
- The Nobel Prize
winners. Physiology or medicine / edited by Frank N. Magill. Pasadena,
Calif. : Salem Press, c1991. Crerar Reference, floor 1 R134.N630
1991
- Biographical dictionary
of medicine / Jessica Bendiner and Elmer Bendiner. Imprint: New York
: Facts on File, c1990. Crerar Reference, floor 1 R134.B4550 1990
- Dictionary of American
medical biography / Martin Kaufman, Stuart Galishoff, Todd L. Savitt,
editors ; Joseph Carvalho III, editorial associate. Imprint Westport,
Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1984. Crerar Reference, floor 1 R153.D53
- Medical obituaries
: American physicians' biographical notices in selected medical journals
before 1907 / Lisabeth M. Holloway ; with the assistance of Ernest N.
Feind, George N. Holloway. Crerar Reference, floor 1 R153.H640
- Thacher, James.
American medical biography; or, Memoirs of eminent physicians who have
flourished in America, to which is prefixed a succinct history of medical
science in the United States from the first settlement of the country.
New York, Milford House, 1967. Crerar Reference, floor 1 R153.T36
1967
- Directory of deceased
American physicians, 1804-1929 : a genealogical guide to over 149,000
medical practitioners providing brief biographical sketches drawn from
the American Medical Association's Deceased Physician Masterfile / Arthur
W. Hafner, editor ; Fred W. Hunter, project manager ; E. Michael Tarpey,
data entry specialist. Chicago : American Medical Association, c1993.
Crerar Reference, floor 1 R712.A1D470 1993
- The Illinois medical
blue book and Chicago medical directory. Crerar Stacks R712.A2I3I3.
1897/1898
- Chicago medical
directory. Holdings: missing volumes, but generally 1895 - 1936. Crerar
Stacks R712.C4C4
- Biographisch-literarisches
Handw?rterbuch der exakten Naturwissenschaften. Poggendorff, J. C.
Crerar Reference, floor 1 Z7403.P74 1994. Excellent resource
if you can read German.
- A select bibliography
of medical biography: with an introductory essay on medical biography,
by John L. Thornton. Edition 2nd ed. Crerar Reference, floor 1 Z6658.T505
1970
- A bibliography
of medical and biomedical biography / Leslie T. Morton and Robert J.
Moore. Edition 2nd ed. Aldershot, Hants, England : Scholar Press ; Brookfield,
VT : Ashgate Pub. Co., c1994. Crerar Reference, floor 1 Z6660.5.M670
1994
- Index to Scientistst
of the World from Ancient to Modern Times: Biographies and Portraits.
Ireland, Norma Olin. Boston, MA. 1962. Crerer Reference, floor 1
Z7404.I65 This is only an index. You will need to track down
the original source once you get the reference.
Electronic Resources
- African
American Biographical Database Entries may be searched by categories,
such as occupation, gender, state of origin, or by keywords appearing
in the text.
- American
National Biography Portraits of more than 17,400 American men and
women from all walks of life. To use click on the "Subscribers
Enter Here" button on the upper right corner.
- Biographical
Archives. "Library holds "biographical archives" for most countries
and regions of the world. These are microfiche compilations of entries
found in biographical reference works published between 1646 and the
1980's, listing in total millions of entries. Entries are arranged in
alphabetical order, and further indexed in part by World Biographical
Index web site, and in part in accompanying indexes."
- Canadian
Health Obituaries 19th-20th centuries
The Osler Library for the History of Medicine, McGill Univeristy has,
for many years, maintained an "obituary file" of Canadian medical obituaries
and death notices. This file is an INDEX which refers researchers to
the full obituary. This file does not contain the actual obituary.
- Catalog
of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries
This catalog is a collection of 631 detailed biographies on
members of the scientific community during the 16th and 17th centuries
with vital facts about each individual and their contributions to science.
- Nobel Prize Winners
- Profiles
in Science. This site makes the archival collections of prominent
twentieth-century biomedical scientists available to the public. The
collections have been donated to the National Library of Medicine and
contain published and unpublished materials, including books, journal
volumes, pamphlets, diaries, letters, manuscripts, photographs, audio
tapes, and other audiovisual materials. As of 11/6/01 the following
persons are listed; Oswald T. Avery, Joshua Lederberg, Martin Rodbell,
Julius Axelrod, Christian Anfinsen, Marshall Nirenberg, Barbara McClintock
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