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Roscoe R. Robinson History of Nephrology Collection

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/biolib/hc/robinson/

Author:

Vanderbilt Medical Center

Excerpt:

It is most appropriate that the history of nephrology collection in the Eskind Biomedical Library of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center be named "The Roscoe R. Robinson Collection in the History of Nephrology." Dr. Robinson is trained in nephrology and has made many contributions to this field both directly and indirectly.

Annotation:

The Roscoe R. Robinson Collection in the History of Nephrology spans a wide spectrum of titles. At this time it numbers 200 titles. Among the most valuable portions of the collection are the titles relating to Dr. Richard Bright (1789-1858). The site includes a complete list of the titles in the collection including a few images of frontispieces, a brief biography of Richard Bright and bibliographies of books by and about Bright. The site is in frames that permit easy navigation.

Mathmeticians of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/RBallHist.html

Author:

David Wilkins, Trinity College, Dublin

Excerpt:

Available here are accounts of the lives and works of seventeenth and eighteenth century mathematicians (and some other scientists), adapted from A Short Account of the History of Mathematics by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).

The ordering of the mathematicians and scientists below is approximately chronological. A separate index is provided which lists these people in alphabetical order.

Annotation:

This site is an online adaptation of the fourth edition of W. W. Rouse Ball's A Short Account of the History of Mathematics, published in 1908.
The site lists chronologically or alphabetically more than 80 mathematicians from the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. These entries include some biographical information as well as descriptions of important contributions to the science. Many of the entries are quite long and filled with discussions of mathematical operations and theories, so the site may not be as useful to someone who is not well-versed in this field. However, the site is a great resource for tying together contemporaries, and for finding links between the lives and work of various mathematicians. Since the source of the information is old (1908), the text itself could be viewed as a primary source as well, showing the early twentieth-century attitude toward math and science. The site is entirely text except for a limited number of images that are entirely formulas and proofs.

Antiqua Medicina - from Homer to Versalius

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://www.med.virginia.edu/hs-library/historical/antiqua/anthome.html

Author:

Amanda McDaniel & Mitchell Hammond at the University of Virginia - Historical Collections

Excerpt:

Although the Greeks created rational medicine, their work was not always or even fully scientific in the modern sense of the term. Like other Greek pioneers of science, the doctors were prone to think that much more could be discovered by mere reflection and argument than by practice and experiment. For in their time there was not yet a distinction between philosophy and science, including medicine. Hippocrates was the first to separate medicine from philosophy and disprove the idea that disease was a punishment for sin. Much of the traditional treatment for injuries and ailments practiced by the Greeks stemmed from folk medicine, a characteristic shared by the Greeks with other societies to this day.

Annotation:

Antiqua Medicina is an exhibit created by the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center. This electronic display was generated from materials assembled for a print exhibit of the same name created in fall 1996. The exhibit is broken into 18 'rooms' that trace the history of medicine from Homer to Vasalius. Subjects including Hippocrates, Galen, military medicine and sanitation are covered; the essays provide an interesting introduction to the history of medicine. Scholars may also find some of the many images to be useful.

UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library: History Special Collection

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://www.library.ucla.edu/biomed/his/index.html

Author:

Louise M. Darling Biomedical LIbrary - UCLA

Excerpt:

The various collections of the History & Special Collections Division support the study of the history of medicine and biology. Collections consist of books, journals, manuscript, prints, portraits, and medical artifacts. For further assistance in locating manuscripts, prints, portraits, or other artifacts, please inquire in the division.

Annotation:

This site offers several excellent resources for online researchers interested in the history of medicine and biology. Collections cover topics such as the history of pain, the photographs of Donald Ryder Dickey, neuroscience, bloodletting, Charles Darwin, and smallpox. There are also links to other Internet resources and a listing of the library's manuscript collections.

Asclepion

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/intro.HTM

Author:

Nancy Demand - Indiana University

Excerpt:

Welcome to the Asclepion, a World Wide Web page devoted to the study of ancient medicine. This page was designed to be an internet source that presents the study of ancient medicine in a manner that is both accessible and useful to the general public and to students in the history of medicine courses at Indiana University Bloomington. Please feel free to browse and send comments or ask questions.

Annotation:

This page was designed to be an internet source that presents the study of ancient medicine in a manner that is both accessible and useful to the general public and to students enrolled in the history course "Ancient Medicine" (History C380/580), taught by Professor Nancy Demand at Indiana University Bloomington. Essays on medicine in Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece are particularly useful and some scholars may find the images of ancient medical instruments to be interesting. Designed for undergraduates, the site is not particularly expansive.

Jesuits and the Sciences 1540 - 1995

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://libraries.luc.edu/about/exhibits/jesuits/

Author:

Michael White, Science Librarian-Loyola University of Chicago

Excerpt:

An exhibit of rare scientific works from the Cudahy Collection of Jesuitica.

Annotation:

A catalog of Jesuits who worked in various scientific fields, with biographies of the members and highlights of their work. Includes a bibliography and an index of names.

Tobacco Control Archives

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/

Author:

UCSF Library & Center for Knowledge Management, Department of Archives & Special Collections

Excerpt:

Tobacco Control Archives' purpose is to collect, preserve, and provide access to papers, unpublished documents, and electronic resources relevant to tobacco control issues.

Annotation:

Sponsored and hosted by the University of California-San Francisco Library & Center for Knowledge Management, this site offers access to organizational records and personal papers about the tobacco control movement, digital libraries of tobacco industry documents, and other resources relevant to tobacco control issues. Fifty million pages of previously secret tobacco industry documents are publicly accessible on the Library’s Legacy Tobacco Documents Library (http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu) and the British American Tobacco Documents Archive (http://bat.library.ucsf.edu). All documents are full-text searchable. Also included at the site are a guide to searching tobacco industry websites, full-text reports on tobacco industry activity, and links to related resources.

Making the Macintosh: Technology and Culture in Silicon Valley

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://library.stanford.edu/mac/

Author:

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang and Stanford University Library

Excerpt:

"Making the Macintosh" is an online project documenting the history of the Macintosh computer. The Macintosh stands at a cusp in the history of computing and Silicon Valley: it brought together (and sometimes transformed) a number of technical and conceptual threads in computing that developed in the 1960s and 1970s, but it also was responsible for sparking new movements in computing. This project collects and publishes primary material on the Macintosh's development and early reception. It draws on the extensive holdings of the Stanford University Library's Department of Special Collections, the personal papers of engineers and technical writers involved in the Macintosh project, and interviews conducted for the project.

Annotation:

This is a collection of six historical essays on the development of the Apple Macintosh computer designed to place technological development within a cultural context. Each essay, 300 to 500 words, links to primary and secondary source documents and provides a suggested path through the sources. A 500-word historiographic essay explains the rationale for each section. Sources accessed through the site include more than 100 images, 20 technical drawings, 13 interviews, and excerpts from The Book of Macintosh, a collection of essays and specifications written by developers of the Macintosh. The site will be interesting to cultural historians as well as historians of technology.

Recording Technology History

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/notes.html

Author:

University of San Diego - various faculty and students

Excerpt:

Edison made the first recording of a human voice ("Mary had a little lamb") on the first tinfoil cylinder phonograph Dec. 6 (the word "Halloo" may have been recorded in July on an early paper model derived from his 1876 telegraph repeater) and filed for an American patent Dec. 24. John Kruesi built this first practical machine Dec. 1-6 from a sketch given to him by Edison that was made Nov. 29 (not on "Aug. 12" that Edison mistakenly wrote on another sketch in 1917). When Kruesi heard Edison's first words Dec. 6, he exclaimed "Gott in Himmel!" (but these words for "God in Heaven" were not recorded and thus have been forgotten). Others before Edison had tried to record sound, but Edison and his tinfoil phonograph were the first to succeed

Annotation:

Chronologically organized, this site offers a timeline of advances in sound recording and delivery systems with hyperlinks to capsules with more detailed accounts of selected innovations. The site also contains a bibliography and links to other online resources.

William James

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/james.html

Author:

Emory

Excerpt:

William James was born in New York City on January 11, 1842, to an affluent, cosmopolitan, and deeply religious family. His father Henry dabbled in theology, doted on his five children, was well connected to literary and philosophical luminaries of the day, and often took the family for extended stays in Europe. His journeys to the continent were primarily theological and philosophical odysseys intended to resolve his conflicting spiritual bouts. His right leg had been amputated after burns suffered in a boyhood accident failed to heal. His spirit never quite recovered. A devoted father, he sought to provide his children with the sort of education that might enable them some day to outdistance their countrymen both in erudition and in breadth of knowledge. To this end, he enrolled them in fine schools, obtained for them gifted tutors, and saw to it that they frequented museums and attended lectures and the theater with regularity. William and two of his siblings would give fruit to their father's liberal educational efforts. Brother Henry became one of America's most famed novelists, and sister Alice acquired a literary reputation of her own after her diaries were posthumously published.

Annotation:

This site includes a broad array of William James' works in digitized full text as well as full text reviews, lesson plans, biographies and images of William James. Researchers in the history of psychology, or of William James in particular, will find this site to be very useful as it includes full text editions of most of James' work in addition to essays about James' impact on the field of psychology and comparisons between James and other psychologists. Some of the links here are dead, but otherwise researchers will find the navigation and layout of the site friendly and the information comprehensive.