This page links to various sources available to Clarkson University affiliates to find information on the history of medicine and public health, along with freely available online resources anyone can access.
Print & eBooks
Print books:
- The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine – by Roy Porter
- The Greatest Benefit to Mankind – by Roy Porter
- Nature Cures: The History of Alternative Medicine in America – by James C Whorton
- Silent Victories: The History and Practice of Public Health in Twentieth-Century America – by John W. Ward and Christian Warren
- The Social Transformation of American Medicine – by Paul Starr
eBooks:
- Alternative Medicine?: A History – by Roberta Bivins
- Epidemic City: The Politics of Public Health in New York – by James Keith Colgrove
- The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine by James Le Fanu
- Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers – by Barbara Ehrenreich; Deirdre English
Journals
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine
- American Journal of Public Health
- Annual Review of Public Health
- Bulletin of the History of Medicine
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization
- Journal of Health and Social Behavior
- Journal of Health Economics
- Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
- The Lancet Public Health
- Population Health Metrics
- Public Health
- Public Health Perspective
Where should I search?
Book Collections
For more books, search our catalog.
Databases
You can search many of our databases right from our homepage or:
Web Resources
- American Association for the History of Medicine
- American Medical Association
- American Public Health Association
- American Public Health Association – Topics & Issues
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Department of Health & Human Services
- History of Medicine & Medical Humanities portal – McMaster University
- History of Medicine – Mayo Clinic
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report – CDC
- National Institutes of Health
- New York Times Health
- NPR Public Health
- US National Library of Medicine – History of Medicine
- World Health Organization