The history of medicine is the study and documentation of medical treatments, practices, and knowledge over time. These resources are interesting on their own, but they also can help create the necessary perspective to shape our understanding
for the future of medicine. Relevant historical documents remind us that medicine always is evolving and responding to new science, technology, research, understanding, and applications.
Featured Books:
American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America’s First Paramedics by Kevin Hazzard
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris
The Nurse’s Secret: A Thrilling Historical Novel of the Dark Side of the Gilded Age New York City by Amanda Skenandore
Dana Abbey, MLS, AHIP
Associate Professor, Strauss Health Sciences Library
Engagement Specialist, Network of the National Library of Medicine, Region 4
University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
12950 E. Monvtiew Blvd., Mail Stop A003, Rm. 3101F
Aurora, Colorado 80045
303-724-2110
