{"id":14,"date":"2019-05-21T18:31:30","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T18:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tmcldev.wpengine.com\/mcgovern\/texas-medical-history\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T21:46:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T21:46:47","slug":"texas-medical-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/texas-medical-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Medical History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s <a title=\"Search library catalog\" href=\"https:\/\/thslc-houston.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/search?tab=mcgovern_collections&amp;search_scope=ebooks&amp;vid=01TEXASHEALTH_HOUSTON:TMC_INST&amp;sortby=rank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online catalog<\/a> or by <a title=\"Contact\" href=\"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/contact-us\/\">contacting the McGovern Historical Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The following items, samples of some of the holdings, are either available through The TMC Library\u2019s Digital Commons or will be in the near future.<\/p>\n<h4>Catalogs, Surgical Instruments and Hospital Supplies<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/12\/\">Cary\u2019s Illustrated and Priced Catalogue.<\/a> Cary, A.P., Dallas, TX, 1894 ( 9 1\/4 x 6 inches)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/13\/\">Illustrated Catalogue of Standard Surgical Instruments and Allied Lines.<\/a> Cary, A.P., Dallas, TX, 1924 (?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Harris County Medical Society<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Harris County Medical Society, <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/3\/\">Woman\u2019s Auxiliary Year Book 1926-1927<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Harris County Medical Society. Historical Committee. <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/14\/\"> A History of Organized Medicine in Harris County, Texas, 1948<\/a><\/li>\n<li>100th Anniversary of the Harris County Medical Society. Articles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Obstetrics<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/4\/\">Reminiscences of a Male Midwife.<\/a> Johnson, Herman W. Houston, 1954<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/2\/\">Two Obstetrical Heresies.<\/a> Starley, S.F. Jacksonville, Texas, 1896<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Pathology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/11\/\">The History of Pathology in Texas.<\/a> Baker, Marilyn Miller, 1996<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/7\/\">Reflections<\/a>: Historical Prespectives on Pathology in Houston and Galveston<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Physicians<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Roster of Deceased Texas Physicians\" href=\"\/mcgovern\/roster-of-deceased-texas-physicians\/\">Roster of Deceased Texas Physicians<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/6\/\">Medicine Man in Texas<\/a>. George Plunkett Red (Mrs. S.C. Red). Houston, 1930<\/li>\n<li>Texas Historical Medical Documents Collection<\/li>\n<li>Women Physicians in Early Texas Medicine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Polk\u2019s Medical Register and Directory (Texas Portion only)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>1886. Medical and Surgical Directory of the United States (Texas portion only), Detroit, R.L. Polk &amp; Co.<\/li>\n<li>1896. Medical and Surgical Register of the United States (Texas portion only), Detroit, R.L. Polk &amp; Co.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/9\/\">1902<\/a>. Polk\u2019s Medical Register and Directory of the United States and Canada (Texas portion only), Detroit, R.L. Polk &amp; Co.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/3\/\">1906<\/a>. Polk\u2019s Medical Register and Directory of North America (Texas portion only), Detroit, R.L. Polk &amp; Co. 1906<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Psychiatry<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/8\/\">Three Years in a Mad-House<\/a>. Fleming, E.B. and Augustin Fleming. Tyler, Texas, 1893<\/li>\n<li>The Experiences of an Asylum Patient. Grant-Smith, Rachel. London, 1922<\/li>\n<li>Little Rock Joe, or Three and a Half Months in the Asylum. Miller Grove, Texas<\/li>\n<li>Ideal Characteristics of the Officers of a Hospital for the Insane. Ray, I. Philadelphia, 1883<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--POSTCARDS REMOVED UNTIL AVAILABLE ONLINE\n\n<h4>Texas Health Facilities Postcards<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Amarillo<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Austin<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Corpus Christi<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Galveston<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Houston<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>San Antonio<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n--><\/p>\n<h4>Texas Medical Center<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/1\/\">Hospital Study, A<\/a>. Texas Medical Center and James A. Hamilton. 1946-1947<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/5\/\">Texas Medical Center \u2014 Its Origins<\/a>. Houston Chamber of Commerce. 1971<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/tmc-whp\/\">Texas Medical Center \u2014 Women\u2019s History Project<\/a>. 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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