Comprehensive account to end of ninteenth century.

From Trans. Asiatic Soc. Japan, 1885, 12, 245-469. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

History of Japanese medicine from the earliest times to 1911. Expanded English translation, translated from the German by John Ruhrah, with a chapter on the recent history of medicine in Japan, by Kageyas W. Amano. New York, 1934.

Covers the influence of Western medicine on Japan from the seventeenth century through 1870.

With Z. Ohya.

Suppl. to Bull. Hist. Med., new ser., 5.

An English summary of two earlier Dutch works by D. Schoute, 1929-1936.

Revised and enlarged as An annotated bibliography of the history of medicine and health in Australia. Sydney, Royal Australian College of Physicians, 1984. With A. Holster and S. Simpson.

2567 annotated entries, including topics such as nursing, dentistry, etc.

A collective work edited by Pearn and O’Carrigan.

Twenty illustrated essays by various authors.

“Very valuable reports on artistic anatomy and the history of anatomic illustration” (Choulant).  Probably represents the first history of medical portraiture. Digital facsimile from Googe Books at this link.

Lectures on the methods of representing the passions in the human face, and on other aspects of medicine and the arts. German translation, Berlin, 1793. See No. 158.

Bell’s artistic and literary skills combined with his knowledge of anatomy and physiology to make this work a tour de force of art history and the anatomical and physiological basis of facial expression.

Pioneering study of art and medicine based on collections at Montpellier.

The only medical book illustrated by Honoré Daumier (1808-79), and a great satire in verse on the medical profession. Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.

Charcot was a talented artist; he collaborated with Richer, artist at La Salpêtrière, in the production of interesting books on disease and deformity, and aspects of medicine and art.

Reprinted Amsterdam, B.M.Israël, 1972

4th edition, 1950 (a re-impression of 3rd edition, 1923).

The first psychoanalytic investigation in art.

History of teratology in art from 15th to 18th centuries.

German edition, Berlin, 1927.

Chapters and illustrations on deformities, infirmities, medicine, surgery, etc.

Reproduces all of the known anatomical drawings of the painter, George Stubbs (1724-1806), together with his midwifery illustrations and the text and plates for his work on anatomy of the horse. (No. 308.1).

Includes spectacular color plates of 19th-century wax models and earlier sculptures concerning anatomy.

Fully annotated and illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of paintings, prints, drawings, book illustrations, and photographs. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

An important supplement to and revision of this work is W. Schupbach, The paradox of Rembrandt’s ‘Anatomy of Dr. Tulp’. Med. Hist. Suppl. 2, 1982.

Descriptions of the portraits by D. Piper. Wolstenholme and J.F. Kerslake edited Vol. 2 of the study, with essays by R. Ekkart and D. Piper, Oxford, Elsevier, 1977.

A history of medical illustration, but primarily covering the history of anatomy. English translation of Vol. 1 (to 1600), London: Pitman, 1970. Vol. 2, edited by Marielene Putscher, extended the work to close to time of publication. The second volume was not translated.

Full descriptions and illustrations of 355 of the most important paintings, prints, sculpture, and book illustrations concerning anatomy in its widest sense.

Superbly designed and illustrated with color plates. Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Supplement zum Jahrgang 1973.

The most famous work of English literature written by a physician. Browne did not intend to have it published, but manuscripts of the work circulated privately. Two unauthorized and inaccurate editions were issued surreptitiously by the same publisher in the same year.

This was Sir William Osler's favorite book. He may have learned the entire work by heart, and was fond of giving copies of later editions to friends. Full text of the first and second editions from penelope.uchicago.edu at this link.

The first psychiatric study of Hamlet. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

Dictionary of French medical poets. Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.

Fletcher, who was born in Bristol, England, assisted J.S. Billings in the creation of the Index-Catalogue (No. 6763).

An encyclopedic collection of medical wit and caricature of all ages. Second edition, 1921.

Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.

Keats was a pupil and dresser at Guy’s Hospital from 1815-16, and was licensed to practice upon completion of his studies. While struggling to launch his poetic career he was often tempted to practice medicine, but never did so.

The great lyric poet’s screenplay based on the notorious career of Robert Knox, the anatomist who purchased bodies for dissection from the resurrectionists/murderers, Burke and Hare. This was the first screenplay that was published before the film was produced. More than 30 years after it was published the film was produced by Mel Brook's production company Brooksfilms and released in 1985. The film starred Timothy Dalton as Dr. Thomas Rock, a character based on Knox. The film was directed by Freddie Francis, using a script adapted by Sir Ronald Harwood from Dylan Thomas's screenplay.

A romantic and inspirational historical novel about Hippocrates by the great Canadian neurosurgeon.

The medical writings of Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) and their influence on his poetry and plays.

Annotated bibliography of medical references in Western literature from the ancient world to time of writing. Emphasis is on summaries of the medical content. Editions cited are usually modern and always in English,

The first complete book on the medical aspects of the Sherlock Holmes stories as well as the non-fiction writings of Conan Doyle.

English translation, 1905.

Reprinted, 1961.

The first significant work on music and medicine. The best edition is the French translation by E. Sainte-Marie, augmented with 96pp. of notes: Traité des effets de la musique sur le corps humain. Paris, Brunot, An XI (1803). Digital facsimile of the 1803 edition from Google Books at this link.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

An excellent short paper on the subject, with references to the more important previous work.

This consists mainly of a catalogue of 6,000 medals collected by Horatio Storer, an eminent Boston gynecologist. The collection is now in the Boston Medical Library at Harvard Medical School, and the very thick book, edited by M. Storer, includes some excellent reproductions, a select bibliography, and a short résumé of the subject.

5557 items; references to works on numismatics and medical history.

Full descriptions of 922 items; some illustrated.

Reprinted, Bad Reichenhall, Kleinert, 1966.

Vols. 3-4 by L.L Dock only.

Second edition, History and trends of professional nursing, 1950.

Covers England and Wales only.

Includes sections on history and biography. Supplement 1961-70, 1974.

The most elaborately illustrated history available.

Edited with O.M. Church and A.P. Stein.

Edited with J.W. Hawkins, L.P. Higgins, and A.H. Friedman.

History of quackery in medicine.

Includes an exposition of the system of faith healing that holds a significant place in Christian Science.

A classic account of the history of touching for the “king’s evil” or scrofula— a practice of kings from ancient times until the 18th century.

From the time of her admission to medical school Jex-Blake became virtually the leader of the movement in Great Britain to open the medical profession to women. Greatly expanded second edition, Edinburgh, 1886.

Blackwell led the movement in America to open the medical profession to women.

Lists over 4,000 items published between 1750 and 1975. With R. Haimbach, C. Fenichel and N. B. Woodside.

Monographic series.

Original title, Archiwum Historii i Filozofii Medycyny; title shortened 1957.

Vol. 1-6, 1933-38 entitled Bulletin of the Institute of the History of Medicine. Recent issues may be viewed from Project Muse at: http://muse.jhu.edu/journal/24

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The latest issue may viewed at www.gesnerus.ch.

Official publication of the History of Science Society. The latest issue may be viewed at www.ljournals.uchicago.edu/toc/isis/current.

Subtitle changed to Revue Internationale de l’Histoire des Sciences, de la Médicine, de la Pharmacie, et de la Technique.

The most recent issue may be viewed at this link.

The latest issue may be viewed at http://jhmas.oxfordjournals.org .

Reprints of classic texts, with English translations where necessary. Includes biographical notes and full bibliographies.

The latest issue may be viewed at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/medical-history/latest-issue. Vols. 1-60 (1957-2016) are archived at PubMedCentral at this link.

Monographic series. Continuation of Münchener Beiträge, etc., 1-17, 1926-29.

Formerly Archiv für Geschichte der Medizin, 1-20, 1907-28; Sudhoffs Archiv für Geschichte der Medizin (und der Naturwissenschaften), 21-52, 1929-68.