Early Modern (15th-18th Century)

These links are to significant psychological literature that is found on the World Wide Web. They are presented along with my comments and reference to art, politics, and music of the period because I am interested in presenting a cultural context within which psychology developed.

The purpose of these pages is to provide an overview of the history of men in nursing with an emphasis on men in the Americas. The word "nurse" was not used until the thirteenth century. It originated from the Latin term to nurture. Translations of non-English works prior to the early 1900's typically used the term "nurse" when referring to male health care providers. More recent translations use the term "attendant," because it was thought that only females could be "nurses." These pages will use the term "nurse".

Over the past few years, this column has reviewed some noteworthy contemporary historical ophthalmic books. Publishing these books does not yield great financial reward since the market for them is limited. The publishers who take on these tasks do so primarily as a labor of love.
One of these publishers is Jean Paul Wayenborgh, whose publications are extremely well-done and whose love for ophthalmic history is evident in his personal life story.
Born in France and raised in Belgium, he learned the antiquarian book business in Germany as a teen-ager. Early on, he discovered his love for ophthalmic books and in 1961 he started his own antique business. He has never looked back.

Welcome to the Pre-History of Cognitive Science Web--an annoted bibliography of models of human cognition from the Seventeenth through Nineteenth centuries. The bibliography is compiled and maintained by Carl Stahmer, at the University of California, Santa Barbara, as part of a larger dissertation project. The list of authors represented and forthcoming is the result of ongoing research into early models of cognition, with a particular emphasis on those thinkers who sought to understand the relationship between the material world, our physical bodies, and abstract thought. Philosophies of mind that do not contain some reflection on or disscusion of the materiality of thought are not represented.

The collection, including works by and about Florence Nightingale as well as early nursing texts published before 1900, is housed in the Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection of the Health Sciences Library, Abbott Hall, South Campus, University at Buffalo.

The collection, including works by and about Florence Nightingale as well as early nursing texts published before 1900, is housed in the Robert L. Brown History of M edicine Collection of the Health Sciences Library, Abbott Hall, South Campus, University at Buffalo.

Medicines: The Inside Story is an expansive four-part project that explores the past, present, and future of medicines. Its parts include: a traveling museum exhibition debuting at Atlanta's Fernbank Museum of Natural History and making stops at four other major museums throughout the country; a planetarium presentation designed to explore the "inner space" universe of the human body; a nationwide education program for high-school students and teachers; and an academic symposium held at the Carter Center in Atlanta.

The following bibliography represents the results of an extensive library
search undertaken in 1987-1988 as part of my research on the history of
disabilities and special education.

The martyrdom of Hypatia, of course, did insure that her name would live on. For centuries afterwards, Hypatia was the most written about woman scientist in history. Only Marie Curie in the 20th century would rival her fame.