An interactive, self-guided lesson on how medicine prevents and cures disease. This lesson has many descriptive animations as well diagrams to help with understanding. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.

Much like a great deal of western culture, modern medicine also finds its roots in ancient Greek civilization. Travel to the time of the Olympians and ancient healers to discover just how much we have learned and gained from those who...

A clever account of the history of medicine told as it relates to J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter." Read about the history of real-life potions, and what led to the development of modern chemistry.

This site has comprehensive information on herbs, including history, cultivation, collection, preparation, guidelines for useage, reactions to other medicines, and current research and news articles.

A Modern Herbal was published in 1931. Here you can find definitions of common named plants. Get a description of the plant, its habitat and any medicinal uses and the dosage if applicable.

This site from the Modern History Sourcebook of the Fordham University provides a highly detailed biography of Edward Jenner (1749-1823 CE), noted physician and discoverer of the smallpox vaccine. Also presented are three original...

This page presents the text of Louis Pasteur's "Germ Theory and its Applications to Medicine and Surgery" (1878). It provides information about the origin of the germ theory of disease.

A 34-page summarization of key events and issues in the history of medicine and public health since medieval times.

An interactive timeline of important events in medical technology history. Click on an event to read more about a notable event or famous person who studied medicine. Includes a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.

The Hippocratic Oath, one of the oldest surviving oaths, is provided here in a modern version written in 1964 by Louis Lasagna.

See and experience how modern science has been used to create a three-dimensional portrait of Tutankhamen, based not on Tut's famous golden but on X-rays of his mummy.

Online exhibit, with a variety of video presentations, letters, and a timeline, considers the life and contributions of the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale.

Many medicinal plants native to Africa found their way around the world and into modern medicine. Find out about five such plants at this informative site.

This project is a series of interrelated modules designed to introduce the student to modern biological techniques in the area of bioinformatics. Bioinformatics is the application of computer technology to the management of biological...

A comprehensive collection of digital artifacts and articles on Greek culture from antiquity to modernity. Many aspects of Greece's development, from philosophy, mathematics, writings, medicine to language, are covered. Check out "Quid...

This statue depicts the Greek god of healing, Asclepius, who was associated with Imhotep. The staff of Asclepius with the coiled serpent became the symbol of medicine in modern times.