US National Library of Medicine
Medline Plus: Gender Dysphoria
This medical resource describes possible causes of gender identity issues, along with common experiences and problems transgender individuals may face. Also includes a discussion of potential medical interventions, including sex...
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Advanced Technologies: Infrared Thermographic Inspections
The home page of Advanced Integrated Technologies, a company which specializes in thermographic technologies. Several pages are available which explain infrared thermography and discuss its benefits and applications.
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Eternal Egypt: Metal Forceps
Metal forceps that have a rounded end with a hook, and a circular ring at the center. Forceps are used as medical instruments to extract, with the aid of the hook, arrowheads, or other objects from the body of a wounded person during...
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Eternal Egypt: Nasal Speculum
This nasal speculum, made of glass, was used as a medical device to drip fluid into the nose.
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Doctors
Stories focuses on military medicine and highlights personal accounts from doctors, nurses and individuals providing medical support.
Brigham Young University
The World War I Document Archive
Conventions, treaties, and official papers, organized by title, country and year. The site also includes sections on memorials and reminiscences, a biographical dictionary, an image archive, the maritime war, the medical front, as well...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sickle Versus Normal Cell
Background image of normal disc-shaped red blood cells from the University of Utah. Inset shows sickled red blood cells, curved and rigid, from the Virginia Medical College.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering Nature: Dna Visualization and Manipulation
Students are introduced to genetic techniques such as DNA electrophoresis and imaging technologies used for molecular and DNA structure visualization. In the field of molecular biology and genetics, biomedical engineering plays an...
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Medical Illustration of the Human Heart
Fact Monster offers a brief summary of the human circulatory system, its organs, and function.
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Nat'l Library of Medicine: Islamic Culture: Medical Arts
This site details Greek and other influences on Islamic medicine and includes illustrations of Arabic translations of earlier texts. Mentions The House of Wisdom (Bayt al-Hikmah) and its origins.
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Nat'l Library of Medicine: Islamic Culture: Medical Arts
This site details Greek and other influences on Islamic medicine and includes illustrations of Arabic translations of earlier texts. Mentions The House of Wisdom (Bayt al-Hikmah) and its origins.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Fat: Ideal Weight, Cultural Stereotypes and Eating Disorders
Explore the societal stigma that accompanies people who are overweight, and research current medical thinking on "ideal weight." Identify how the perception of body image can lead to eating disorders.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Electrocardiograph 1903
If TV medical dramas have taught us anything, it's how to recognize the heart's characteristic peaks and valleys crawling across monitors in emergency rooms. These images represent the electrical activity of the beating heart as recorded...
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Yahoo! Health: Barium Enema
A nice overview from Yahoo! Health of the common medical procedure known as the barium enema. Describes the procedure and how and why it is used. Also includes preparations and risks involved. Images are also provided.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Kahlo, the Two Fridas (Las Dos Fridas)
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is known for her self-portraits. These powerful and unflinching self-images explore complex and difficult topics including her culturally mixed heritage, the harsh reality of her medical conditions, and the...
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Medinfo.co.uk: Details of Ultrasound Scanning
An explanation of ultrasound scanning: the procedure, its purpose, and its uses in viewing a fetus, heart valves, and so on.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Do We Study Living Brains?
How do we study living brains without harming their owners? Elizabeth Waters and John Borghi explain how EEGs, fMRIs, and PETs work.
Remedy Health Media
Health Central: Hiatal Hernia
This resource provides an overview of the medical condition, hiatal hernia. Images are included.
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Loc: Experiencing War, Military Medicine
Stories focuses on military medicine and highlights personal accounts from doctors, nurses and individuals providing medical support.
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Loc: Experiencing War, Military Medicine
Stories focuses on military medicine and highlights personal accounts from doctors, nurses and individuals providing medical support.
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Loc: Experiencing War, Military Medicine
Stories focuses on military medicine and highlights personal accounts from doctors, nurses and individuals providing medical support.
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President's Office, 1955
Provides a look at how companies are organized. Examples include medical and manufacturing industries and small to large size businesses.
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Eternal Egypt: Surgical Utensils
These three medical utensils were used in surgical operations.
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Eternal Egypt: Glass Measure With Plain Stamps
The glass measure was used to weigh different medical materials in drugs. It has plain stamps near its opening and a hole in its body.