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BOOKS

Bryan, Jenny. The History of Health and Medicine. New York: Thomson Learning Center, 1996.

Casanelles, Antonio, and Ali Garousi. Great Discoveries and Inventions That Improved Human Health. New York: Gareth Stevens, 2000.

DeJaurengui, Ruth. 100 Medical Milestones That Shaped World History. San Mateo, CA: Bluewood Books, 1998.

Fradin, Dennis Brindell. We Have Conquered Pain: The Discovery of Anesthesia. New York: Margaret McElderry, 1996.

Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Healers: Work Throughout History. New York: Facts on File, Inc.

Hoff, Brent. Mapping Epidemics: A Historical Atlas of Diseases. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 2000.

Kratoville, Betty Lou. Great Medical Milestones. New York: Academic Therapy Publications, 1999.

Lamond, Margrete. Plague and Pestilence: Deadly Diseases That Changed the World. New York: Allen & Unwin, 1997.

Miller, Brandon Marie. Just What the Doctor Ordered: The History of American Medicine. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1997.

Parker, Steve. Medical Advances (20th Century Inventions). Austin, TX: Raintree, 1998.

Ritchie, David, and Fred Israel, Linda Leuzzi, and DeWayne Pickles. Health and Medicine: Life in America 100 Years Ago. New York: Chelsea House, 1995.

Senior, Kathryn. Medicine: Doctors, Demons, and Drugs. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1997.

Tiner, John. 100 Scientists Who Shaped World History. San Mateo, CA: Bluewood Books, 2000.

Yount, Lisa. Disease Detectives. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, 2000.

Yount, Lisa. The History of Medicine. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, 2001.

Yount, Lisa. Medical Technology. New York: Facts on File, 1998.

WEB SITES

Acheivements in Public Health, 1900–1999: Changes in the Public Health System. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4850a1.htm (accessed on August 8, 2002).

Health Sentinel—Vaccines. http://www.healthsentinel.com/Vaccines/Vaccines.htm (accessed on August 8, 2002).

Medicine and Madison Avenue—Timeline. http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/mma/timeline.html#1900 (accessed on August 8, 2002).

Vim & Vigor Library—How Health Changed. http://www.vigormagazine.com/lib/Kid/Kid-How_Health_Changed.htm (accessed on August 8, 2002).

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