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March 06, 2006
New Medical History Database Online Free
Heirs of Hippocrates: The Development of Medicine in a Catalogue of Historic Books in the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, the University of Iowa:
http://fm.iowa.uiowa.edu/hardin/heirs/index.html
"The University of Iowa Libraries is pleased to make available this web based version of Heirs of Hippocrates. Now in its third edition (1991), Heirs ... is recognized by librarians, medical historians, and book collectors, as a source of authority that has rightly taken its place as one of the premier reference books on the history of medicine and medical bibliography.
It should be noted that the digital version is not intended to and cannot replace the print edition, which will continue to be available for purchase. This new version can, however, provide access to the contents in new ways. Not only is the entire text searchable but the interface is designed to accommodate complex search queries on specific fields. In addition, since the medium is electronic, entries on additional works can be added to the database as they are acquired."
Posted by pfa at March 6, 2006 03:47 PM