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Primary Sources in History of Medicine: Medical Personal Accounts

Friday, September 27, 2024, 11:30am - 12:00pm
Online, Harvard ID required, Workshop,

Registration is required. There are 39 seats available.

History of Science Librarians Fred Burchsted and Emily Bell will present a 30-minute workshop focused on health-related personal accounts (personal narratives, diaries, memoirs, letters, interviews, oral histories, case reports) as a key primary source for researchers in the history of medicine.

  • Learn the best places and strategies to search for medical personal accounts in the medical literature and in the general literature
  • Learn about case histories and how to find them.

 

This workshop is part of the Primary Sources in History and History of Medicine Workshop Series. Register or find the recordings for all workshops in the series on the September 2024 Newsletter page of the History guide.

 

Related guide: Library Research Guide (originally created for) HISTSCI 1420: A History of Medicine through Patient Voices

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