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Below you'll find recommended history of health and medicine internet resources for archival research in Canada and internationally.

Canadian Sources

• Canadiana Online
  

  A huge of collection of digitized materials relating to all aspects of Canadian history.

• Canadian Broadcasting Corp Digital Archives
  

  News reports, interviews and documentaries created by the CBC. An incomparable resource. Search by subject keyword.

• Statistics Canada
  Statistics Canada creates a lot of great statitiscal reports, both historical and current. Check the library catalogue. For example: Canada's estimated population, 1605- present.

• National Film Board of Canada
  The National Film Board has films and documentaries on a wide variety of subjects that you can use for research and show as part of a presentation. Subject search: specific topic or Health and Medicine.

Maritime Sources

• Digital collections. Kellogg Health Sciences Library, Dalhousie University
  
  
• Index to the Maritime Medical News, 1888-1910
• Index to the Nova Scotia Medical Bulletin, 1922-1993
  Both periodicals are key resources for research in the history of medicine or health generally in the Maritime Provinces. The content of the full text of the both are freely available on the web at the Canadiana.org website.
  

History of Health and Medicine Collections in Other Institutions

• National Library of Medicine. History of Medicine Collection
  

• Further resources from NLM website

• Directory of History of Medicine Collections around the World Another great NLM database. Search by keyword.
  
• Osler Library, McGill University
  

  Dr. William Osler, 1849-1919, bequeathed his personal book collection to McGill. A great source of history of Canadian health care and of course, Sir William Osler specifically.

• Welcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine
  

• MedHist
  

  MedHist is a gateway to evaluated, quality Internet resources relating to the history of medicine and allied sciences, covering all aspects of the history of health and development of medical knowledge. MedHist is aimed principally at students and staff working within the higher education sector, and also at anyone with a general interest in the subject area.

Biographies of Historical Health Care Professionals

In our library catalogue, add keywords "biography" or "personal narratives" to person's surname. Eg. Hunter john biography

• Dictionary of Canadian biography online
  

  A great source for biographies of Canadian health practitioners from the past.

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  

  A great source for biographies of British health practitioners from the past.

• American National Library Online
  

  A great source for biographies of American health practitioners from the past.

• Australian Dictionary of National Biography
  

  A great source for biographies of Australian health practitioners from the past

• Osler Library, McGill University
  Dr. William Osler,1849-1919, bequeathed his personal book collection to McGill. A great source of history of Canadian health care and of course, Sir William Osler specifically.

• Canadian Medical Obituraries Online
  

  Another great resource from McGill.

Periodicals

List of periodicals and bibliographies of periodicals which may be useful to your research into Canadian, British and American medical history. Most of them are available at McMaster, in print, microform or electronic formats. In our library catalogue, search with keyword "periodical'.

Film of Medical and Health Related Events

• Canadian Broadcasting Corp Digital Archives News reports, interviews and documentaries created by the CBC. An incomparable resource. Search by subject keyword.

• British Pathe Film clips from British Pathe company, 1896-1976. Subject search will turn up film of hospitals, clinics, doctors, nurses, ambulances in civilian and military settings. A great resource.

History of Photography

• American Musuem of Photography
  A great resource.

Medical Terminology

• Antique and Obscure Words for Students in the History of Health and Medicine

• Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms The terms that you might find in medical logs or death certificates. Sometimes a photograph of the entry is included. Very interesting.