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Archives & Personal Papers Collections
Archives & Personal Papers Collections
Digitized personal papers and organizational records documenting predominantly American medical practitioners, biomedical science, public health, and allied sciences from about 1850 to the present. Read more »
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
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Health Policy and Services Research
Health Policy and Services Research
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World War 1, 1914-1918
World War 1, 1914-1918
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World War 2, 1939-1949
World War 2, 1939-1949
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NLM Publications and Productions
NLM Publications and Productions
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Tropical Disease Motion Pictures
Tropical Disease Motion Pictures
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Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920
Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920
Examine NLM historical books and journals published in the Americas that document the evolution of medicine. Read more »
Unique English Imprints, pre-1800
Unique English Imprints, pre-1800
Access the rarest digitized books, nearly 300 printed in the English-speaking world from 1552 to 1800 and uniquely held here. Read more »
Incunabula
Incunabula
Examine books and broadsides from the infancy of the age of printing from the mid-1460s to 1520. Read more »
NIH Annual Reports
NIH Annual Reports
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The Public Health Film Goes To War
The Public Health Film Goes To War
Explore a curated collection of eighteen rare and wonderful World War II-era health films. Read more »
Cholera Online, 1817 to 1923
Cholera Online, 1817 to 1923
View 518 digitized English language monographs from 1817 to 1923 dealing with the cholera pandemics of that period. Read more »

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Archives & Personal Papers Collections
Archives & Personal Papers Collections
Digitized personal papers and organizational records documenting predominantly American medical practitioners, biomedical science, public health, and allied sciences from about 1850 to the present. Read more »
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Access over 70,000 images in NLM collections from the 15th to 21st century. Read more »
Health Policy and Services Research
Health Policy and Services Research
Read significant, specially-selected health services research grey literature content. Read more »
World War 1, 1914-1918
World War 1, 1914-1918
Explore publications ranging from unit histories to published personal narratives, accounts of relief work, and more. Read more »
World War 2, 1939-1949
World War 2, 1939-1949
Explore U.S. federal, state, and local government documents such as reports, first aid manuals, and pamphlets. Read more »
NLM Publications and Productions
NLM Publications and Productions
View an archive of documents and videos created by NLM such as technical notes, bibliographies, reports, and lectures. Read more »
Tropical Disease Motion Pictures
Tropical Disease Motion Pictures
View and listen to films, video recordings, and digital videocasts produced from the 1920s through 2009. Read more »
Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920
Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920
Examine NLM historical books and journals published in the Americas that document the evolution of medicine. Read more »
Unique English Imprints, pre-1800
Unique English Imprints, pre-1800
Access the rarest digitized books, nearly 300 printed in the English-speaking world from 1552 to 1800 and uniquely held here. Read more »
Incunabula
Incunabula
Examine books and broadsides from the infancy of the age of printing from the mid-1460s to 1520. Read more »
The Public Health Film Goes To War
The Public Health Film Goes To War
Explore a curated collection of eighteen rare and wonderful World War II-era health films. Read more »
NIH Annual Reports
NIH Annual Reports
Read print annual reports issued by NIH Institutes and Centers from 1958 to 1993. Read more »
Cholera Online, 1817 to 1923
Cholera Online, 1817 to 1923
View 518 digitized English language monographs from 1817 to 1923 dealing with the cholera pandemics of that period. Read more »

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The American armamentarium chirurgicum
The American armamentarium chirurgicum
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A case of aneurism of the abdominal aorta with thrombosis of the right renal artery
Appendix to the report on leprosy of the president of the Board of Health to the Legislative Assembly of 1886
Appendix to the report on leprosy of the president of the Board of Health to the Legislative Assembly of 1886
Leprosy in Hawaii: extracts from reports of presidents of the Board of Health, government physicians and others, and from official records : in regard to leprosy before and after the passage of the Act to prevent the spread of leprosy, approved January 3rd, 1865 : the laws and regulations in regard to leprosy in the Hawaiian Kingdom
Leprosy in Hawaii: extracts from reports of presidents of the Board of Health, government physicians and others, and from official records : in regard to leprosy before and after the passage of the Act to prevent the spread of leprosy, approved January 3rd, 1865 : the laws and regulations in regard to leprosy in the Hawaiian Kingdom
Malaria Reprints Issued from Field Headquarters, Investigations of Malaria, United States Public Health Service, Wash, DC, Vol. I Book II Reprints #736-1709
Malaria Reprints Issued from Field Headquarters, Investigations of Malaria, United States Public Health Service, Wash, DC, Vol. I Book II Reprints #736-1709
Constitution, by-laws, and list of officers, members, library contributions, &c. of the Medico-Legal Society of the City of New York
Constitution, by-laws, and list of officers, members, library contributions, &c. of the Medico-Legal Society of the City of New York
Die Tugenden des Wassers für Gesunde und Kranke: worin auseinander gesetzt wird, wie ein vernünftiger Gebrauch des Wassers zum Trinken, Baden, und in Dämpfen die Gesundheit stärkt, vor vielen Krankheiten bewahret, und in Krankheitsanfällen der Mensch sich meistens selbst helfen kann; gestützt auf viele einstimmige Zeugnisse wohlerfahrner Aerzte im In- und Auslande, nebst andern Nachrichten in Beziehung auf Wassergebrauch
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Hygienic and medical reports
Hygienic and medical reports
Leprosy in India: summary of reports, furnished by the government of British India to His Hawaiian Majesty's government, as to the prevalence of leprosy in India, and the measures adopted for the social and medical treament of persons afflicted with the disease
Leprosy in India: summary of reports, furnished by the government of British India to His Hawaiian Majesty's government, as to the prevalence of leprosy in India, and the measures adopted for the social and medical treament of persons afflicted with the disease
Report of the Special Committee to Visit the Kakaako Leper Settlement to the Legislature of 1888
Report of the Special Committee to Visit the Kakaako Leper Settlement to the Legislature of 1888
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Artificial anæsthesia: a manual of anæsthetic agents and their employment in the treatment of disease

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The American armamentarium chirurgicum
The American armamentarium chirurgicum
A case of leucæmia
A case of leucæmia
A case of aneurism of the abdominal aorta with thrombosis of the right renal artery
A case of aneurism of the abdominal aorta with thrombosis of the right renal artery
Appendix to the report on leprosy of the president of the Board of Health to the Legislative Assembly of 1886
Appendix to the report on leprosy of the president of the Board of Health to the Legislative Assembly of 1886
Leprosy in Hawaii: extracts from reports of presidents of the Board of Health, government physicians and others, and from official records : in regard to leprosy before and after the passage of the Act to prevent the spread of leprosy, approved January 3rd, 1865 : the laws and regulations in regard to leprosy in the Hawaiian Kingdom
Leprosy in Hawaii: extracts from reports of presidents of the Board of Health, government physicians and others, and from official records : in regard to leprosy before and after the passage of the Act to prevent the spread of leprosy, approved January 3rd, 1865 : the laws and regulations in regard to leprosy in the Hawaiian Kingdom
Malaria Reprints Issued from Field Headquarters, Investigations of Malaria, United States Public Health Service, Wash, DC, Vol. I Book II Reprints #736-1709
Malaria Reprints Issued from Field Headquarters, Investigations of Malaria, United States Public Health Service, Wash, DC, Vol. I Book II Reprints #736-1709
Constitution, by-laws, and list of officers, members, library contributions, &c. of the Medico-Legal Society of the City of New York
Constitution, by-laws, and list of officers, members, library contributions, &c. of the Medico-Legal Society of the City of New York
Die Tugenden des Wassers für Gesunde und Kranke: worin auseinander gesetzt wird, wie ein vernünftiger Gebrauch des Wassers zum Trinken, Baden, und in Dämpfen die Gesundheit stärkt, vor vielen Krankheiten bewahret, und in Krankheitsanfällen der Mensch sich meistens selbst helfen kann; gestützt auf viele einstimmige Zeugnisse wohlerfahrner Aerzte im In- und Auslande, nebst andern Nachrichten in Beziehung auf Wassergebrauch
Die Tugenden des Wassers für Gesunde und Kranke: worin auseinander gesetzt wird, wie ein vernünftiger Gebrauch des Wassers zum Trinken, Baden, und in Dämpfen die Gesundheit stärkt, vor vielen Krankheiten bewahret, und in Krankheitsanfällen der Mensch sich meistens selbst helfen kann; gestützt auf viele einstimmige Zeugnisse wohlerfahrner Aerzte im In- und Auslande, nebst andern Nachrichten in Beziehung auf Wassergebrauch
Hygienic and medical reports
Hygienic and medical reports
Leprosy in India: summary of reports, furnished by the government of British India to His Hawaiian Majesty's government, as to the prevalence of leprosy in India, and the measures adopted for the social and medical treament of persons afflicted with the disease
Leprosy in India: summary of reports, furnished by the government of British India to His Hawaiian Majesty's government, as to the prevalence of leprosy in India, and the measures adopted for the social and medical treament of persons afflicted with the disease
Report of the Special Committee to Visit the Kakaako Leper Settlement to the Legislature of 1888
Report of the Special Committee to Visit the Kakaako Leper Settlement to the Legislature of 1888
Artificial anæsthesia: a manual of anæsthetic agents and their employment in the treatment of disease
Artificial anæsthesia: a manual of anæsthetic agents and their employment in the treatment of disease

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IndexCat
IndexCat™
Search a database containing the bibliographic citations of all five printed series of the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office; with direct access to the NLM online catalog, LocatorPlus. It also contains eTK for citations to medieval Latin texts and eVK2 for medieval English texts
FDA Notices of Judgment
FDA Notices of Judgment
A digital archive of federal court case trial summaries involving products found to be in violation of the 1908 Pure Food and Drug Act
Profiles in Science
Profiles in Science
Explore digitized archival collections to learn about prominent scientists, physicians, and other 20th-century leaders in biomedical research and public health
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