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February 05, 2008
NEW from Harvard: Contagion, Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics
New in 2008, this remarkable resource includes timelines, original source material and commentary on significant public health issues from the 1400s through recent times.
Contagion, Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics: http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu//contagion/
"Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics is a digital library collection that brings a unique set of resources from Harvard’s libraries to Internet users everywhere. Offering valuable insights to students of the history of medicine and to researchers seeking an historical context for current epidemiology, the collection contributes to the understanding of the global, social–history, and public–policy implications of disease. Contagion is also a unique social-history resource for students of many ages and disciplines. ...
These materials include digitized copies of books, serials, pamphlets, incunabula, and manuscripts—a total of more than 500,000 pages—many of which contain unique visual materials, such as plates, engravings, maps, charts, broadsides, and other illustrations. The collection also includes two unique sets of visual materials from the Center for the History of Medicine at Harvard’s Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine.
Library materials and archival materials are supplemented by explanatory pages that introduce concepts related to diseases and epidemics, historical approaches to medicine, and notable men and women."
Posted by pfa at February 5, 2008 09:33 AM