From Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons comes this
online medical guide. Includes sections on: How To Get The Care You Need;
Health Care Needs of the Aged and Disabled; Medical Decision Making; Good
Health; Good Nutrition; Smoking, Alcohol, and Substance Abuse; Infancy
and Childhood; Adolescent Years; Women; Men; Symptoms; Diagnostic Tests
and Procedures; CPR and Life Support; First-Aid Procedures; Safety; Diseases
including: Heart and Blood Vessel; Cancer; Infectious; HIV and AIDS; Respiratory;
Endocrine Disorders; Digestive System; Blood; Musculoskeletal System; Arthritis;
Brain; Kidney and Urinary Tract; Skin; Allergies; Eyes; Ear, Nose, and
Throat; Oral Health; Mental and Emotional Health; Medications; Prescribed
Drugs; Health Organizations and Resources; Poison Control Centers; and
Medical Records.
Complete online college course in human biology. Includes slide list and
notes, links to related resources, lecture notes, and articles. (University
of Virginia)
A source for information about health, diseases and illnesses. Written
for the average person, without medical knowledge. Includes sections on:
diseases and treatments, medications and their effects, medical news, a
medical dictionary.
This collection of links is managed by the Hardin Hospital at the University
of Iowa. They "list the sites that list the sites" ... pages have pointers
to the most complete and frequently cited lists in each subject. This site
is three or more levels removed from actual information.
Medical terms defined in these languages: Dansk (Danish), Deutsche (German),
English, Espanol (Spanish), Francais (French), Italiano (Italian), Nederlands
(Dutch), Portugues (Portuguese).
This site is a comprehensive database of human anatomical images. "As a
visitor, you can view and download images and use them for educational
or non-commercial purposes, provided that you don't modify the Vesalius
watermark or Gary Wind signature." You will need to register (free) to
use the site although you can look at the images without registering. Topics
include: Abdomen, Biliary, Breast, Embryology, Head, Heart, Hernia, Musculoskeletal,
Neck, Pediatric Surgery, Vascular, and Other Topics.
This Web site provides pictures, text and animations of the systems of
the human body: skeletal, digestive, muscular, lymphatic, endocrine, nervous,
cardiovascular, reproductive (female/male), and urinary.
"The Visible Human Project® is an outgrowth of the NLM's 1986 Long-Range
Plan. It is the creation of complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional
representations of the normal male and female human bodies. Acquisition
of transverse CT, MR and cryosection images of representative male and
female cadavers has been completed. The male was sectioned at one millimeter
intervals, the female at one-third of a millimeter intervals. The long-term
goal of the Visible Human Project® is to produce a system of knowledge
structures that will transparently link visual knowledge forms to symbolic
knowledge formats such as the names of body parts."
This ThinkQuest project is "an exploration of anatomy designed for students
aged between 11 and 16." Links are provided to the following human organs
and systems: Blood; Brain; Capillary; Circulatory System; Digestive
System; Ear; Endocrine System; Eye; Excretory System; Heart; Immune System;
Intestines; Muscular System; NervousSystem; Nose; Reproductive System;
Respiratory System; and Skeletal System. The site may be browsed alphabetically,
categorically or by use of a "body map."
This Web site, provided as part of a medical school course has links to
the following tutorials: "Normal Anatomy -- A set of Visible Human Project
images demonstrates sectional anatomy of the human body; Neuroanatomy --
This tutorial demonstrates neuroanatomical features of the CNS with labelled
images and comparison with MRI scans; Histotechniques -- This tutorial
describes and illustrates the processes involved in making a microscopic
glass slide from tissues examined in the pathology laboratory; Special
Stains -- This tutorial describes the nature and usages of a variety of
histopathological staining techniques to assist in tissue diagnosis, along
with representative images of selected stains; Procedure Manuals -- Manuals
for preparation and performance of routine and special stains, and manuals
for laboratory safety, are available in Acrobat pdf format; Electron Microscopy
-- A set of electron micrographs demonstrates normal, benign, and malignant
pathologic findings as seen by use of electron microscopy." (Edward C.
Klatt, Dept of Pathology, Univ. of Utah)