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PH History Resources

Clean Water Act
CWA
http://www.epa.gov/region5/water/cwa.htm
A "snapshot" of the Clean Water Act provisions, as expressed in the amended law, is available in its entirety or by Title from the listings available. A history of the Clean Water Act is also provided.

EPA Lead Poisoning: A Historical Perspective
Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/history/topics/perspect/lead.htm
This site contains an article from the EPA Journal, May 1985, entitled Lead Poisoning: A Historical Perspective.

EPA History - London's Historic "Pea-Soupers"
Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/history/topics/perspect/london.htm
This site contains an article by David Urbinato from the EPA Journal, May 1994, which gives a history of smog in London.

History of Medicine
NLM
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/index.html
The National Library of Medicine houses one of the world's largest history of medicine collections. We collect, preserve, and make available to researchers and the public, print and non-print materials that document the history of medicine, health, and disease in all time periods and cultures.

Images from the History of Medicine
NLM
http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/gw_44_3/chameleon?skin=nlm&lng=en
This system provides access to the nearly 60,000 images in the prints and photograph collection of the History of Medicine Division (HMD) of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM).

Images from the History of Public Health Service
NLM
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/phs_history/contents.html
This exhibit is an online version of Images from the History of the Public Health Service; A Photographic Exhibit by Ramunas Kondratas, Ph.D. printed in 1994 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Public Health Service.

John Snow
UCLA Department of Epidemiology
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow.html
This site is devoted to the life and times of Dr. John Snow (1813-1858), a legendary figure in the history of public health, epidemiology and anesthesiology.

Old State House Museum: The Medical School Days
http://www.oldstatehouse.com/general_information/history/medical.asp
When state government moved into the new Capitol in 1912, members of the Legislature threatened to sell the Old State House. To forestall such efforts, Secretary of State Earl Hodges, a supporter of preservation, gave space in the building to the University of Arkansas Medical Department.

OSHA at 30: Three Decades of Progress in Occupational Safety and Health
OSHA
http://www.osha.gov/as/opa/osha-at-30.html
A history of OSHA. The following article has been condensed and reproduced from the Spring 2001 issue of JSHQ Magazine.

Public Health Image Library (PHIL)
CDC
http://phil.cdc.gov/Phil/home.asp
Much of the information critical to the communication of public health messages is pictorial rather than text-based. Created by a Working Group at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the PHIL offers an organized, universal electronic gateway to CDC's pictures. Many historical images in medicine are searchable in this resource.

The Guardian: EPA's Formative Years, 1970-1973
EPA
http://www.epa.gov/history/publications/formative.htm
Provides details on the early years of EPA, including functions transferred from other agencies; EPA's early organization; EPA's enforcement strategy; early air pollution control efforts; the banning of DDT; and the leadership of EPA Agency Administrators William D. Ruckelshaus, and Russell E. Train.

UAMS Historical Research Center
UAMS Library
http://www.library.uams.edu/HRC/hrc.aspx
The goal of the Historical Research Center is to preserve UAMS history and the history of the health sciences in Arkansas. This is accomplished by the collection and preservation of classics in the health sciences, i.e., the History of Medicine and associated collections; and by collecting and preserving the archives of UAMS and Arkansas health scientists.

Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body
NLM
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/visibleproofs/exhibition/rise.html
Explore this resources as a starting point to seek insights into the history, people, science, and technology in forensics.