What's past is prologue

The Himmelfarb Library recently purchased 30+ books on various topics relating to the history of medicine and public health. The books cover a diverse array of topics both national and international.

All are available in our stacks to be checked out. Call numbers can be found in the library catalog. As always, please ask us if you need assistance in finding anything.

Here is a sampling of the books:

• Vaccine: The controversial story of medicine's greatest lifesaver. Allen, A. (2007).
• Who goes first? The story of self-experimentation in medicine. Altman, L.K. (1998).
• Forgive and remember: Managing medical failure. Bosk, C.L. (2003).
• AMA: Voice of American medicine. Burrow, J.G. (1963).
• Medical malpractice in nineteenth-century America: Origins and legacy. De Ville, K.A. (1990).
• Chinese medicine. Huard, P. & Wang, M.M. (1968).
• The formation of the American medical profession: the role of institutions, 1780-1860. Kett, J.F. (1968).
• Silent travelers: Germs, genes, and the "immigrant menace". Kraut, A. M. (1995).
• Doctor and patient. Laín Entralgo, P. (1969).
• The Morality of abortion; legal and historical perspectives. Noonan, J.T. (1970).
• Contraception: a history of its treatment by the Catholic theologians and canonists. Noonan, J.T. (1965).
• Ethics in medicine: historical perspectives and contemporary concerns. Reiser, S.J. & Dyck, A,J. (1977).
• Dying for work: Workers' safety and health in twentieth-century America. Rosner, D. & Markowitz, G. E. (1987).
• Devices & desires: gender, technology, and American nursing. Sandelowski, M. (2000).
• A short history of anatomy from the Greeks to Harvey: the evolution of anatomy. Singer, C.J. (1957).
• A short history of medicine. Singer, C.J. & Underwood, E.A. (1962).
• The social transformation of American medicine. Starr, P. (1982).
• The double helix: A personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA: Text, commentary, reviews, original papers. Watson, J.D. & Stent, G.S. (1980).