Cultures of Health: A Medical Anthology, University of Windsor Ontario, Canada
http://hih.uwindsor.ca/wordpress/
De Humani Corporis Fabrica, Vesalius on-line, the complete text translated into English with the illustrations
http://vesalius.northwestern.edu/
Dream Anatomy, anatomical artwork resource
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/dreamanatomy/da_g_I-B-1-07.html
“England’s New Wonders”: Monstrous Births in the Early Modern Period
http://hih.uwindsor.ca/wordpress/index.php/2009/03/23/%e2%80%9cengland%e2%80%99s-new-wonders%e2%80%9d-monstrous-births-in-the-early-modern-period/
Gherkins & Tomatoes, a cite on food history and Medieval medicine
http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2009/09/25/13249/
Harry Potter and the History of Medicine, exhibit, Wash., DC.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/harrypottersworld/
Medical History Society of New Jersey
http://www.mhsnj.org/
Memento Mori web page on historic medical texts
http://www.bookn3rd.com/?p=445
Exhibit on Monstrous Births & Teratology (on-line)
http://nyam.org/initiatives/im-histe_ter1.shtml
Mütter Museum, Philadelphia (Museum of weird medicine a must see!) www.collphyphil.org/mutter.asp
National Museum of Health and Medicine, Washington DC
http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/
The most notorious body snatchers in history:
New York Academy of Medicine 'The Resurrectionists'
http://www.nyam.org/library/pages/historical_collections_resurrectionists
Nicholas Culpeper's herbal on-line
http://www.bibliomania.com/2/1/66/113/frameset.html
Reflections on Health in Society and Culture
http://www.hsl.virginia.edu/historical/reflections/spring2008/
UMDNJ (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey) medical history library and archive.
http://www.umdnj.edu/librweb/speccoll/special_collections.html
Wellcome Library of the History of Medicine, London. Great source for historic images
http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/
Morbid Anatomy, a constantly changing site for unusual human anatomy related resources
http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/
Museo di Storia Naturale, Italy
http://www.msn.unifi.it/CMpro-v-p-98.html
US National Library of Medicine - History of Medicine site
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/index.html
Index of Medieval Medical Images, UCLA
http://digital.library.ucla.edu/immi/
Supremely gross article about using LEECH and MAGGOT "therapies" today.
Want to buy some leeches to do your own at home leech therapy?
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