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Medical & Life Sciences

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Topics on this page are ones for which original research guides had shorter suggestions (items may have been in Archives, etc.).

Most descriptions are from the site or USA.gov

Explore History of Medicine
From the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Previous versions archived in WayBack Machine at https://web.archive.org/web/20250301000000*/https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/explore-history.html

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Site: "NLM historical collections of material related to health and disease are among the richest in the world and originate in all time periods and cultures. Our collections include rare books and manuscripts, historical prints and photographs, and historical films and videos."
Asylums: Topics in Chronicling America (LOC)
Library of Congress (LOC) research guide for Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.
CT State Library's newspaper collection may also include articles on this topic.

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Library of Congress (LOC) research guide: "During the 19th century, asylums were used to rehabilitate the insane with questionable methods and results. This guide provides access to materials related to "Asylums" in the Chronicling America digital collection of historic newspapers."
PubMed.gov
Site: "PubMed comprises more than 25 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites."