The intent of the Global Project on the History of Leprosy is to create a database of leprosy archives around the world for those interested in the history of the disease, as well as to give voice to those who are affected by leprosy. Visitors to the website will come across many of the myths about leprosy, like fingers and toes falling off, but the current and past segregation of lepers in many...

In 1970, the non-profit organization Boston Women's Health Book Collective self-published a 136-page booklet entitled Women and their Bodies, which provided information about women's health issues, body image, reproductive health, gender identity, and a range of other topics. Shortly after the first publication of the book, the organization (and the booklet) changed its name to Our Bodies,...

The noted Professor John Harley Warner of Yale's School of Medicine has said that "this volume is like lifting up the lid of a treasure chest." The remarkable book contains dozens of wonderful hidden treasures culled from the National Library of Medicine, and is offered here in its 236-page entirety. The book contains high-quality images of notable items, along with brief commentary from a range...

Some might wonder about the connection between history and contemporary policymaking. Well, the passionate and dedicated individuals at the History & Policy organization are committed to looking at the intersection of these two areas of inquiry and research. History & Policy is a collaboration between the University of Cambridge, The Institute of Historical Research, and The London School of...

Scholars and students interested in interdisciplinary approaches to medical discourse, as well as the generally curious, may want to check out this website created by McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. This research portal offers visitors links to a variety of resources related to the History of Medicine and Medical Humanities, with the aim of "gather[ing] resources in medical humanities for...

The National Library of Medicine has a number of very nice online exhibits, and they recently created this all-encompassing image collection to give users access to almost 70,000 images taken from their History of Medicine Division. The collection includes portraits, photographs, genre scenes, posters, and graphic art works that detail and illuminate the social and historical aspects of medicine...

Images from medieval medical manuscripts held by major libraries - including the National Library of Medicine, Rosenbach Museum and Library, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Vermont, and Yale University - make up the Index of Medieval Medical Images. The indexing project began in 1988, and in 2001, a pilot project was started to digitize about 500 images and make them...

Heeding the words of their father, one Dr. W.W. Mayo, “No one is big enough to be independent of others”, Dr. William J. Mayo and Dr. Charles H. Mayo helped create one of the world’s first private integrated group practices of medicine. Now known as the Mayo Clinic, the story of their work is closely intertwined with the story of American medical history. As an attempt to bring this story to the...

Mary Yearl, a librarian at McGill University, created this impressively comprehensive research guide about the history of medicine. While some of the included resources require a university subscription to access, this guide also includes numerous items that are freely available to researchers around the world. In particular, the digital collections section features dozens of websites where...

We originally featured the Medical Heritage Library in the 11-25-2016 Scout Report. Since then, this intriguing resource has redesigned their website and continued to add content, making it a must-visit for anyone interested in medical history. The Medical Heritage Library is a "digital curation collaborative" between numerous leading medical libraries, including the August C. Long Health Science...