“A Cheap, Safe and Natural Medicine”: Religion, Medicine and Culture in John Wesley's Primitive Physic
in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
October 2008; published online July 2008.
Journal Article. Subjects: history of medicine. 876 words.
“A Dictate of Both Interest and Mercy”? Slave Hospitals in the Antebellum South
in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
January 2010; published online June 2009.
Journal Article. Subjects: history of medicine. 16054 words.
As a contribution to debates on slave health and welfare, this article investigates the variety, functions, and overall significance of infirmaries for the enslaved in the antebellum South....
“A Fine New Child”: The Lafargue Mental Hygiene Clinic and Harlem's African American Communities, 1946–1958
in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
April 2009; published online November 2008.
Journal Article. Subjects: history of medicine. 15894 words.
In 1946, the Lafargue Mental Hygiene Clinic, a small outpatient facility run by volunteers, opened in Central Harlem. Lafargue lasted for almost thirteen years, providing the underserved black...
“A Kindly, Useful Mentor”: Applying the History of Medicine to Public Policy
in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
July 1999; published online July 1999.
Journal Article. Subjects: history of medicine. 0 words.
Access Anxiety: HIPAA and Historical Research
in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
October 2007; published online January 2007.
Journal Article. Subjects: history of medicine. 15452 words.
Abstract
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) establishes new standards for the protection of private health information in the United States. The Privacy Rule, one...
Advocating for the History of the Health Sciences Libraries and Librarians
in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
October 2009; published online July 2009.
Journal Article. Subjects: history of medicine. 167 words.
Africa in the Time of Cholera: A History of Pandemics from 1817 to the Present
in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
April 2013; published online August 2012.
Journal Article. Subjects: history of medicine. 935 words.
The African AIDS Epidemic: A History
in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
January 2011; published online July 2010.
Journal Article. Subjects: history of medicine. 830 words.
The Ailing City: Health, Tuberculosis, and Culture in Buenos Aires, 1870–1950
in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
July 2012; published online March 2012.
Journal Article. Subjects: history of medicine. 677 words.
Akihito Suzuki. Madness at Home: The Psychiatrist, the Patient, and the Family in England, 1820–1860. Berkeley, University of California Press, 2006. xii, 260 pp.
in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
January 2007; published online September 2006.
Journal Article. Subjects: history of medicine. 872 words.