CHAPTER SEVENTEEN / CHAPITRE DIX-SEPT
Sleuthing and Science: How to Research a Question in Medical History
Enquête et science: comment mener une recherche en histoire de la médecine
Topics on this page / Sujets ici
Antiquity to the Enlightenment / Antiquité
aux Lumières
History and Historiography of Medicine in…
Histoire et historiographie
de la médecine en…
·
Canada
·
France
Historical Collections
General Works / Ouvrages généraux
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Histoire de la médecine
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National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Osler Library, McGill University, Montreal Canada
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Wellcome Library, London, UK
last revision March 2026