History of medicine

Reports and books published by the Wellcome Trust on various aspects of the history of medicine.

Research Resources in Medical History Directory

Since 2001, the Research Resources in Medical History scheme has helped to make medical history collections in libraries and archives more easily accessible to researchers by supporting cataloguing and conservation projects across the UK.

Details of all the collections funded over the past ten years can be found in the RRMH grants directory, which contains project descriptions, images and contact details, in addition to clickable links to individual catalogue descriptions of collection items.

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Medical Humanities Frontiers Meeting report This meeting in September 2009 launched the Trust's new Medical History and Humanities programme, identified important questions with respect t historical studies on medical sciences and health, and provided a forum to encourage networking.

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Evaluation of the Wellcome Trust History of Medicine Programme As part of an ongoing process of policy development in the Wellcome Trust History of Medicine Programme, the Trust undertook a review in 2000 of the history of medicine in the UK. 01/04/00

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A Healthy Heritage: Collecting for the Future of Medical History It is estimated that 80-90 per cent of all the scientists that there have ever been are alive and working today. These scientists produce a huge volume of published work in an ever-increasing number of scientific journals published in the biomedical science field. 01/02/99

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