Here you will find a comprehensive history of health, including the evolution of medicine; from the methods of treating conditions, diseases, and disorders rooted in local customs and beliefs, to the regulated and responsible healthcare systems of modern times.
 
 
Recommended Resources
American Association of the History of Medicine
The American Association of the History of Medicine is a non-profit organization devoted to the history of medicine and health, and all of its disciplines.
http://www.histmed.org/
Before Depression provides a history about depression, specifically about what depression was before it was called depression (1660-1800).
http://www.beforedepression.com/
CAHN, the Canadian Association for the History of Nursing, is a non-profit organization which promotes interest in the history of nursing as well as scholarships in the field.
http://www.cahn-achn.ca/
Images from the History of Medicine
Web site provides access to the thousands of prints and photograph collection of the History of Medicine Division (HMD) of the US National Library of Medicine (NLM).
http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/luna/servlet/view/all
Mad in America features a history of medical treatments for mental illness, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric disorders; with the details about the anti-psychiatry movement.
http://www.madinamerica.com/
MedHist features a searchable database of resources related to the history of medicine; developed and managed by the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine.
http://www.intute.ac.uk/medhist/
Wellcome Library for the History of Medicine
The web site for the Wellcome Library for the History of Medicine provides access to searchable catalogues of information and other resources for the history of medicine.
http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/
World Health Organization Historical Collection
The World Health Organization Historical Collection contains an archive of manuscripts, images, and other materials on epidemics of past centuries, and a history of public health systems.
http://www.who.int/library/collections/historical/en/