Facets

1905

#8689

History of the Philadelphia almshouses and hospitals from the beginning of the eighteenth to the ending of the nineteenth centuries, covering a period of nearly two hundred years. showing the mode of distributing public relief through the management of the Boards of Overseers of the Poor, Guardians of the Poor and the Directors of the Department of Charities and Correction.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1939

#11239

John Howard (1726-1790) hospital and prison reformer: A bibliography

1961

#1671.4

The story of England’s hospitals.

1963

#8161

Histoire du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge. De Solférino à Tsoushima.

English translation: History of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Volume I: From Solferino to Tsushima. (Geneva: Henry Dunant Institute, 1985).

1966

#7120

Medical books, libraries and collectors. A study of bibliography and the book trade in relation to the medical sciences. 2nd. edition, revised and enlarged.

This contains useful information not included in the third edition (1990). See No. 6786.34.

1966 –1972

#7500

Descriptive catalogue of the pathological series in the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England: A selection of surviving specimens illustrating [John] Hunter's opinions on the nature of diseases, experiments and observations on cases in surgery. 2 vols.

1967

#1671.62

Ten centuries of European hospital architecture.

1971

#8327

Health maintenance strategy.

Elwood is often referred to as the "father of the health maintenance organization. He not only coined the term, he also played a role in bringing about structural changes to the American health care system to simultan…

1978

#8162

Histoire du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge. Vol. 2: De Sarajevo à Hiroshima.

English translation: History of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Volume II: From Sarajevo to Hiroshima (Geneva: Henri Dunant Institute, 1984).

1981

#10990

Oslerian pathology: An assessment and annotated atlas of museum specimens.

Covers the 55 remaining specimens of pathological preparations by William Osler preserved at McGill University. The book is divided into 4 sections: A: presentation and discussion of those aspects of Osler's activitie…

1986

#9798

Hygiène et médecine: Histoire et actualités des maladies nosocomiales.

History of nosocomial or hospital-acquired infections.

1993

#8179

A model for national health care: The history of Kaiser Permanente.

1999

#7890

Mending bodies, saving souls: A history of hospitals.

2000

#13753

The world of Auzoux: Models of man and beast in papier-maché.

2004

#10560

Rappresentare il corpo: Art e anatomia da Leonardo all'illuminismo.

Extensive book (324 pages, many color plates) issued in connection with an exhibition held in Bologna, December 2004 to March 2005, celebrating the fourth centenary of Ulisse Aldrovandi. A much-condensed guide to the …

2005

#8166

The humanitarians: The International Committee of the Red Cross.

2006

#7423

Encyclopaedia anatomica: Museo la Specola Florence.

Spectacular collection of color photographs of wax models in the Museo la Specola, Florence. Text in English, French and German.

2007

#8163

De Yalta à Dien Bien Phu: Histoire du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge, 1945-1955. (Histoire du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge. Vol. 3:)

2007

#11465

Hospital politics in seventeenth-century France: The crown, urban elites and the poor.

2009

#8164

De Budapest à Saigon: Histoire du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge, 1956-1965. (Histoire du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge, Vol.4.)

2009

#9830

A history of total health.

https://kaiserpermanentehistory.org/ "A History of Total Health invites you to join in a discussion of today’s health care as we draw links to relevant events in the history of Kaiser Permanente and the industrial con…

2011

#7005

Fragonard Museum. The écorchés. The anatomical masterworks of Honoré Fragonard by Christophe Degueurce. With an essay by Laure Cadot. Translated from the French by Philip Adds.

The painter and printmaker Fragonard preserved the results of his dissections via means never divulged, but which may have been based on those of Jean-Joseph Sue. His pieces were often prepared for theatrical effect r…

2013

#8185

The inevitable hour: A history of caring for dying patients in America.

2015

#7637

The fate of anatomical collections.

A collective work, edited by Knoeff and Zwijenberg, which includes several chapters of great interest. Relevant to the history of John Hunter's museum see Andrew Cunningham, "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Or, what Ri…

2015

#9870

Elegant anatomy: The eighteenth-century Leiden anatomical collections.

2016

#7566

The Anatomical Venus: Wax / Sex / God / Death.

2016

#8165

International Committee of the Red Cross: History.

https://www.icrc.org/en/who-we-are/history. Extensive background, videos, links to the ICRC archives, etc., etc. Accessed 12-2016

2016

#9872

Anatomy museum: Death and the body displayed.