Find articles on medicine in Mesopotamia, the history of contraception, dentistry through the ages and other medical history topics.

Enjoy an online exhibition on ancient medicine from the University of Virginia Health System. Includes case studies and surgical instrument profiles.

Art etchings, historical extracts, and folklore concerning this practice. With links to National Library of Medicine exhibits.

Browse a list of Civil War-era medical terms and discover their meanings and modern equivalents.

Overview of medicine during the American civil war. Details on amputations and transportation of the wounded.

Full text of the Hippocratic Oath, with introductory notes. From Harvard Classics Volume 38.

Extensive and annotated collection of microscopes, surgical, medical, and dental instruments from the 1800's to the early 1900's.

Encyclopedia entry identifies the origins of the symbolic staff associated with governmental ambassadors.