Demonstration of the electrocardiogram. About 1890
Featured Resource
The library has the American Journal of Medical Sciences back to 1827 as an online journal. Below is an example of the classic articles to be found by keyword and subject heading searches.
On cardiac murmurs / Austin Flint, (1812-1886) American Journal of Medical Sciences, 1862, 44, 29-54
This is the first description of the Austin Flint murmur, present at the apex beat in aortic regurgitation.
Austin Flint (1812-1886), physician and medical educator. Read his biography in the American National Biography Online
They say that history is made up of innumerable biographies. Here's a few.
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Abbott, Maude(1869-1940), Canadian physician. Wrote section on congenital heart disease for Osler's System of Medicine and the Atlas of Congenital Cardiac Disease among others.
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Balfour, George William(1823–1903), British physician and cardiologist
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Blalock, Alfred Blalock(1899-1964), American thoracic surgeon. With Helen Taussig, perfected the Blalock-Taussig operation to alleviate anoxemia, a congenital heart defect.
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Gardner, Francis Violet(1913–1989), British cardiologist and teacher of medicine
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Harrison, Tinsley Randolph(1900-1978), American physician
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Herrick, James Bryan(1861- 1954), American cardiologist
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Hirschfelder, Arthur Douglas(1879-1942), American pharmacologist and cardiologist
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Keon, Wilbert(b.1935) Canadian cardiac surgeon. Founder of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute in 1976.
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Lewis, Thomas(1881-1945), British cardiologist
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Mustard, William Thornton(1914-1987), Canadian surgeon. He He devised the operation known as the "Mustard Operation" to correct a complex inborn error in "blue babies" in which the arteries and veins to and from the heart are switched so that they link up with the wrong heart chambers.
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Partridge, James Francis(1916-2004), British cardiologist and inventor
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Stokes, William(1804-1878), British physician and surgeon
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Taussig, Helen Brooke(1898-1986), American physician. Known for research into congenital heart defects that caused anoxemia, the so-called blue baby syndrome, a disorder resulting from insufficient oxygen reaching the heart. With Alfred Blalock, she perfected the Blalock-Taussig operation to alleviate anoxemia, a congenital heart defect.
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White, Paul Dudley(1886-1973), American physician
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Wood, Paul Hamilton(1907-1962), British cardiologist
McMaster resources for the history of cardiology
A search in Medline using the keywords "Cardiology history" will find a number of journal articles about some aspect of the history of cardiology in Canada.
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Evolution of Cardiology at McMasterGreat website on the history of the cardiology residency program in the Faculty of Health Sciences.
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Early publications on cardiologySearch the library catalogue for primary source materials available in the HSL's historical collection
Online Resources
What's new in the history of medicine. Events, anniversaries, announcements etc.
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Bicentenary of the Hunterian Museum, London, Eng. 1813-2013Lots of great lectures and exhibits. If you're in London, don't miss it.
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Codebreakers: the makers of modern geneticsAn online research resource for the history of genetics, including digitised books and archives from the Wellcome Library and partner institutions.
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Designing Doctors - New exhibit at the Osler Library, McGill.Highlights the contributions physicians have made to hospital architecture. The exhibition is open Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM and will run until August, 2013. Admission is free.
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Hunterian Museum. Lunch time lectures, 2013If you're planning a trip to London, check them out
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Making medicare: the history of health care in Canada, 1914-2007Exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
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Mutter Museum is 150 years old, 1863-2013.of the Royal College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Incomparble collection.
Online resources for the history of medicine in general
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American National Biography OnlineWonderful resource for biographies of Americans.
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Archival resources in CanadaA list of websites for medical archives in Canada
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Canadian EncyclopediaWonderful resource for all Canadian subjects and persons, contemporary and historical.
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Canadian Medical Hall of FameBiographies of our very best in medicine and health care.
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography OnlineWonderful resource for all aspects of Canadian history through biographies.
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Early Canadiana onlineA huge collection of Canadian publications digitized. Books, journals, newspapers and government documents all keyword searchable.
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Oxford Dictionary of National BiographyWonderful resource for biographies of the British.
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Wellcome ImagesIncomparable source for photographs of all aspects of the history of health and medicine. Many free to use.
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Wellcome LibraryWonderful website of a wonderful museum in London, Eng. of all aspects of the history of medicine from antiquity to present day. Don't miss it if you're ever in London.
