Non-Mayo Clinic History of Medicine Electronic Resources: Biographies

Contains resources for literature searching, as well as biographical and historical image searches. Also includes tools to search for out-of-print books.

Finding Historical Biographies

Biographic Memoirs
Brief biographies of deceased National Academy of Sciences members.
Who Named It
Diseases, syndromes, procedures by Name
Social Security Death Index
Good starting point when you are not sure whether an individual is living or not.

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