Research Guides @ Fordham: History of Medicine: Beginning Research

Beginning Research

Welcome to the Research Guide for the History of Medicine.

This page contains introductory resources for beginning research. If you need additional assistance, please contact one of the Reference Librarians listed below to set up a research consultation.

Reference Books & Overviews

The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction by William Bynum
[RH Stacks] R131 .B978 2008
Oxford University Press, 2008.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Science, Medicine, and Technology [electronic resource] by Hugh Richard Slotten (ed.)
Oxford University Press, 2014.
The Cambridge Historical Dictionary of Disease by Kenneth F. Kiple (editor)
Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Electronic version, click title above.
For print version, [RH Reference Area] RC41 .C365 2003
Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine : Old World and New World Traditions by Gabrielle Hatfield
ABC-CLIO, 2004.
[RH Reference Area] R733 .H376 2004

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