- (AU) Australian Medical Pioneers Index
 - Database of more than 3,000 pioneer doctors, from the 1700s through to 1875. - (AU) Dentist on a Camel
- Pictorial history of the pioneering dentist H.V. Mattingley and his exploits on the Western Australian goldfields before the turn of the century.
- 1918 Influenza Pandemic@
- American Association of the History of Medicine
- Scholarly association studying the history of the health professions.
- American Experience: The Boy in the Bubble
- Considers the life of David Vetter, born with no immune system and famed as the boy in the plastic bubble. Features footage of his life, information about his family and doctors, and opinions about the ethics surrounding his life and death.
- Anatomia 1522-1867
- A searchable collection of illustrations of human anatomy from the 16th through the 19th centuries.
- Ancient Medicine: From Homer to Vesalius
- Online exhibition prepared in conjunction with the Colloquium "Antiqua Medicina: Aspects in Ancient Medicine."
- Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
- Electronic version of a 1896 book by George M. Gould and Pyle L. Walter. Outlines a collection of rare instances of abnormality in all branches of medicine and surgery.
- Archaic Medical Terminology
- Glossary of archaic or obsolete medical terminology and expressions.
- Black Death@
- Learn about the Black Death, one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. Sites include history, timeline, maps, and contemporary accounts on the plague that claimed millions of lives in Europe during the 14th century.
- Bloodletting (1)
- Brief History of Electrocardiography
- Timeline of events in the development of electrocardiography from 1842 onwards.
- British Library: Bodies of Knowledge
- Image gallery examines the ways different cultures throughout history have looked at and represented the human body.
- Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
- Advances the knowledge and appreciation of the development of medicine in Canada by commemorating those who have made significant contributions.
- Cesarean Section: A Brief History
- Brochure from the National Library of Medicine.
- Changing the Face of Medicine
- Interactive presentation celebrating the contributions of America's women physicians. From the NLM and AMA.
- Cholera Online: A Modern Pandemic in Texts and Images.
- Relates the story of cholera outbreaks in the 19th Century through a collection of documents dating from 1817 to 1900 as well as drawings, political cartoons, and photographs.
- Discovery of Insulin
- Features biographies of Frederick Banting, Charles Best, John James Richard Macleod, and James Collip, plus photographs and articles on their research.
- Drug Trade: Therapy, Pharmacy, and Commerce in Early-Modern Europe
- Exhibition presents pharmacy jars, manufactured from the 16th to the 18th century, with their printed herbals, at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford.
- Gallery of Nostrums
- Online collection of advertisements for various patent medicines.
- Greek Medicine
- Online exhibit exploring the foundations of modern Western medicine from mythical healers such as Asclepius to ancient writers such as Hippocrates, Aristotle, and Galen.
- Historic Medical Sites in the Washington, DC Area
- Tour of important medical landmarks, including medical schools, hospitals, libraries, museums, memorials, and Civil War sites.
- History of Medicine
- History of Medicine Division, NLM@
- Images from the History of Medicine
- Provides access to the nearly 60,000 images in the prints and photographs.
- Insects, Disease, and History
- Focuses on the influence of insect-borne disease on history, with articles on subjects like the impact of bubonic plague, yellow fever and the Mexican-American War, and typhus in World War I.
- International Network for the History of Hospitals
- Promotes studies related to the historical evolution of hospitals from their beginnings to the present day.
- Islamic Medical Manuscripts at the National Library of Medicine
- Biographies, images, and historical accounts of medieval medicine and science designed for students and everyone interested in the history of Islamic and European culture.
- Japanese Imperial Army Unit 731 Medical Experiments@
- Johns Hopkins University - History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
- Undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and combined MD-PhD programmes.
- MedHist
- Gateway to resources for the history of medicine and allied sciences.
- Medical Heritage of Great Britain
- Raising awareness of the history and archaeology of medicine. Includes searchable geographical database.
- Medical History of American Presidents
- Tabulates the illnesses of American Presidents and other notable people.
- Medical Library Association - History of the Health Sciences Section
- For information professionals with an interest in the history of the health sciences.
- Medicina Antiqua
- Resource for the study of Greco-Roman medicine and medical thought from Mycenaean times through the end of the Roman Empire period.
- Medicine and Madison Avenue
- Explores the relationship between modern medicine and modern advertising with examples of over 600 health-related advertisements from the 1910s to the 1950s.
- Midwives and Maternity Care in the Roman World
- Examines the gap between "professional" care (the midwifes and doctors) and folk medicine.
- NLM Online Exhibitions
- Including such topics as Islamic culture and medicine and cesarian section.
- NLM's Frankenstein Exhibit
- The Frankenstein novel, and its films, seen through the modern topic of medical ethics. From the U.S. National Library of Medicine, Maryland.
- Project Facade
- Unique insight into the origins and development of surgical facial reconstruction techniques during and after the First World War.
- Resources on the History of Idiocy
- Bibliographies and primary source material on mental retardation and learning disabilities.
- Sigerist Circle
- Organisation interested in medical history, including class, race, gender, Marxist, and feminist perspectives.
- Society for the Social History of Medicine
- Exploring inter-disciplinary approaches to the history of health, welfare, medical science, and practice. Provides information about its journal and other publications.
- Surgery of Ancient Rome
- Original instruments excavated from the House of the Surgeon at Pompeii. From the Historical Collections & Services of the Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia.
- The Asclepion
- 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.
- The Beat Goes On: A History of Cardiology
- Online guide to the history of cardiology and heart disease. Find out about early pacemakers and other old-fashioned cardiology treatments and surgeries. From the University of Iowa Medical Museum.
- Tuskegee Syphilis Study@
- Whatever Happened to Polio?
- Examines the effects of polio epidemics in the U.S., the discovery of the polio vaccine, and polio today. From the National Museum of American History.
- Who Named It?
- Dictionary of medical eponyms with the stories of diseases, conditions, medical syndromes, and the people whose names they carry.
- Women Physicians: 1850s-1970s
- Collection of correspondence, photographs, college records, diaries, publications, and ephemera documenting the history of women physicians, beginning with the first medical school for women, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP).
- World War II Combat Medic
- Includes articles on the practice of field medicine, the work of combat medics, medal of honour citations, personal accounts, and photos.
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