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Digital Atlas of Ophthalmology - The Digital Atlas of Ophthalmology is a database of images drawn from the vast clinical experience of The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary specialists and their colleagues around the world. The Digital Atlas is intended to serve as a visual reference and educational supplement for ophthalmologists, general physicians, and medical students.

Images of the History of Medicine - 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). The collection includes portraits, pictures of institutions, caricatures, genre scenes, and graphic art in a variety of media, illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine.

Interactive Health Tutorials - These interactive videos are from the Patient Education Institute. Using animated graphics each tutorial explains the subject in easy-to-read language. You can also listen to the tutorial. Note: These tutorials require a special Flash plug-in, version 4 or above. If you do not have Flash, you will be prompted to obtain a free download of the software before you start the tutorial.

MedPix - MedPix™ is a free online Medical Image Database, provided by the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Informatics, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD.

Trauma Radiology - Produced by the British Trauma Society, includes Imagebank, a new repository for trauma images on the Internet.

The Urbana Atlas of Pathology - Produced at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign. Legends by Patricia J. O'Morchoe, M.D. Images from material collected by Donald R. Thursh, M.D. and Dr. P. J. O'Morchoe. Each image annotated.

Volume 1 - Overview of General Pathology
Volume 2 - Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 3 - Endocrine Pathology
Volume 4 - Pulmonary Pathology
Volume 5 - Renal Pathology

Videos of Surgical Procedures - The National Library of Medicine offers these great videos of actual surgical operations. You need RealPlayer to run the videos, which each last about one hour.

WebPath: The Internet Pathology Laboratory - This electronic resource includes over 1900 images along with text, tutorials, laboratory exercises, and examination items for self-assessment that demonstrate gross and microscopic pathologic findings associated with human disease conditions.

The Whole Brain Atlas - Keith A. Johnson, MD and J. Alex Becker created this information resource for central nervous system imaging which integrates clinical information with magnetic resonance (MR), x-ray computed tomography (CT), and nuclear medicine images. The Atlas project is made possible in part by the Departments of Radiology and Neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, the Countway Library of Medicine, and the American Academy of Neurology.

 

En Español

Gráficos Interactivos - Elmundosalud.com es una sección de la versión electrónica del diario El Mundo, publicado en España.

Multimedia en OndaSalud - Ondasalud.com es una publicación de la editorial Recoletos Grupo de Comunicación, cuyo objetivo es ofrecer información de salud a los hispanoparlantes que navegan en el Internet.

Tutoriales Interactivos de Salud en MedlinePlus - Los tutoriales interactivos en este sitio han sido creados por el Patient Education Institute (Instituto para la Educación del Paciente). Estos tutoriales ofrecen información acerca de diferentes enfermedades, medidas para su prevención, procedimientos médicos y promoción de una vida sana. En cada tutorial se presentan gráficas animadas y se utiliza vocabulario fácil de entender. Además, se puede escuchar la narración del texto de cada uno de ellos.

 

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January 2007