Periods covered include ancient and medieval, Tudor and Stuart and topics include the history of medicine and archaeology. Interactive collections include 'Evolution of the Microscope', and a showcase of medical instruments provides information about tools such as the osteotome and rib spreader. 20010226 OMNI Subject Listing for History of Medicine Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to the history of medicine. 20000910 Relief of Pain and Suffering Series of articles on methods of pain reduction, beginning in the 19th century when ether and opium were widely used, until the discovery of aspirin in 1897.
Additional articles address the issue of suffering in relation to the hospice movement and dying.