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  • Home
  • Visit
  • Explore
    • Lecture Series
    • Exhibits
    • Virtual Tours
    • School Resources
    • Museum Map
    • Articles and Publications
    • Blood Bank Origins
    • Physician Interviews
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    • History Day
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    • Medical History Books
  • Volunteer
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Articles and Publications

Medical Museums Throughout the United States

Medical Museums Throughout the United States

Medical Museums Throughout the United States

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A complete list of Medical Museums throughout the United States.

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Irma West, MD

Medical Museums Throughout the United States

Medical Museums Throughout the United States

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Dr. West served on the Museum's Historical Committee and wrote many articles related to medical history for the SSV Medicine magazine.

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SSV Medicine

Medical Museums Throughout the United States

History of the Medical Society

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Read articles related to medical history featured in SSV Medicine magazine.

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History of the Medical Society

History of Hospitals and Shelters for the Sick

History of the Medical Society

Cover of a historical medical society book from California.

Published in 1964, the Museum's Historical Committee lays out the history of the Medical Society of the State of California (what is now the California Medical Association). 

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History of Hospitals and Shelters for the Sick

History of Hospitals and Shelters for the Sick

History of Hospitals and Shelters for the Sick

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History of Hospitals and Shelters for the Sick in Sacramento and El Dorado County. By Eleanor Rodgerson, MD.

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Walking Tour of Medical Pioneer Gravesites

History of Hospitals and Shelters for the Sick

History of Hospitals and Shelters for the Sick

A Self-Directed Tour

Prepared by Irma West MD and the Medical Society's Historical Committee.

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Faith Fitzgerald, MD

J. Gordon Frierson, MD

J. Gordon Frierson, MD

Remembering Dr. Faith Fitzgerald

Frequent contributor to SSV Medicine Magazine and Speaker for Museum's Lecture Series 

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J. Gordon Frierson, MD

J. Gordon Frierson, MD

J. Gordon Frierson, MD

Dr. Frierson is a retired internist and infectious disease consultant, with a great interest in the history of medicine. Check out his blog series.  

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Medical Museum's Historical Books Bibliography (pdf)

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Phrenology and the Fowlers by Kent Perryman, PhD (pdf)

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