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Society for the Social History of Medicine Society for the Social History of Medicine: Pursues inter-disciplinary approaches to the history of health, welfare, medical science and practice. Organization information, upcoming conferences, journal table of contents, and internet links. (Health) http://www.sshm.org/ Photographs for Mental Health Care Reform: The Maryland State Care Campaign, 1908-1910 Photographs for Mental Health Care Reform: The Maryland State Care Campaign, 1908-1910: This online exhibition traces the Maryland State Lunacy Commission's successful campaign to transfer the mentally ill from county almshouses into state hospitals. Photographs played a key role in the passage of new laws. (Health) http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/sc5400/sc5492/html/almshouse.html Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine: Full, indexed text of this encyclopedic collection of rare and extraordinary cases of abnormality in all branches of medicine and surgery. By George M. Gould and Walter L. Pyle. (Health) http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/GouAnom.html Sir Ronald Ross Sir Ronald Ross: Find out about the British bacteriologist who received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1902 for his work on malaria. (Health) http://www.nobel-winners.com/Medicine/ronald_ross.html Dr. Albert Sabin's Discovery of the Oral Polio Vaccine Dr. Albert Sabin's Discovery of the Oral Polio Vaccine: Information on Albert B. Sabin, MD, developer of the polio vaccine from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. (Health) http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/about/history/sabin.htm Disability Social History Project Disability Social History Project: Timeline, essays, upcoming conferences, and other resources related to the history of disability in society. The ways in which people with disabilities have been treated vary dramatically throughout history and among different cultures. (Health) http://www.disabilityhistory.org/dshp.html