Texas Medical History

The McGovern Historical Center seeks to document the history of medicine in Texas, specifically in Harris County, Houston and The Texas Medical Center, and to make that information broadly available. The McGovern Historical Center has many books, documents, maps, pamphlets, photographs and ephemera that deal with Texas medical history. Information about these items can be found through The TMC Library’s online catalog or by contacting the McGovern Historical Center.

The following items, samples of some of the holdings, are either available through The TMC Library’s Digital Commons or will be in the near future.

Catalogs, Surgical Instruments and Hospital Supplies

• Cary’s Illustrated and Priced Catalogue. Cary, A.P., Dallas, TX, 1894 ( 9 1/4 x 6 inches)
• Illustrated Catalogue of Standard Surgical Instruments and Allied Lines. Cary, A.P., Dallas, TX, 1924 (?)

Harris County Medical Society

• Harris County Medical Society, Woman’s Auxiliary Year Book 1926-1927
• Harris County Medical Society. Historical Committee. A History of Organized Medicine in Harris County, Texas, 1948
• 100th Anniversary of the Harris County Medical Society. Articles

Obstetrics

• Reminiscences of a Male Midwife. Johnson, Herman W. Houston, 1954
• Two Obstetrical Heresies. Starley, S.F. Jacksonville, Texas, 1896

Pathology

• The History of Pathology in Texas. Baker, Marilyn Miller, 1996
• Reflections: Historical Prespectives on Pathology in Houston and Galveston

Physicians

• Roster of Deceased Texas Physicians
• Medicine Man in Texas. George Plunkett Red (Mrs. S.C. Red). Houston, 1930
• Texas Historical Medical Documents Collection
• Women Physicians in Early Texas Medicine

Polk’s Medical Register and Directory (Texas Portion only)

• 1886. Medical and Surgical Directory of the United States (Texas portion only), Detroit, R.L. Polk & Co.
• 1896. Medical and Surgical Register of the United States (Texas portion only), Detroit, R.L. Polk & Co.
• 1902. Polk’s Medical Register and Directory of the United States and Canada (Texas portion only), Detroit, R.L. Polk & Co.
• 1906. Polk’s Medical Register and Directory of North America (Texas portion only), Detroit, R.L. Polk & Co. 1906

Psychiatry

• Three Years in a Mad-House. Fleming, E.B. and Augustin Fleming. Tyler, Texas, 1893
• The Experiences of an Asylum Patient. Grant-Smith, Rachel. London, 1922
• Little Rock Joe, or Three and a Half Months in the Asylum. Miller Grove, Texas
• Ideal Characteristics of the Officers of a Hospital for the Insane. Ray, I. Philadelphia, 1883

Texas Medical Center

• Hospital Study, A. Texas Medical Center and James A. Hamilton. 1946-1947
• Texas Medical Center — Its Origins. Houston Chamber of Commerce. 1971
• Texas Medical Center — Women’s History Project. 2013