History of Medicine Archives

Researching the Histories of Medicine and Health in the Bibliography of British and Irish History

Mar 5, 2026

In this blog post, Rachel Peacock (Queen’s University, Canada) and Jenny Lelkes-Rarugal (BBIH editor) discuss how the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) can be used to research and teach the histories of medicine and...

Medical History and the Bibliography of British and Irish History

Oct 3, 2025

Rachel Peacock recently completed a summer internship at the IHR, where she focused on medical history and health in the Bibliography of British and Irish History. In this blog, she explores Victorian understandings of mental illness through the example of intruders...

At home and in the classroom: histories of science and technology in the IHR Library

Nov 12, 2022

This blog post was written by Michael Townsend, Collections and Metadata Librarian at the Institute of Historical Research Library. It is often surprising the breadth of subjects one can find in the Institute’s library. Previous surveys of the collections have...

Researching the Histories of Medicine and Health in the Bibliography of British and Irish History

Medical History and the Bibliography of British and Irish History

At home and in the classroom: histories of science and technology in the IHR Library

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