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WEBSITES OF INTEREST
Why you want to stay
current in your field is your business, but how you
stay current is ours. Millions of health care professionals
and paraprofessionals now rely on the Internet for
Medical Information. The Internet is the world's
largest computer network, which is global and mushrooming
more everyday. The Internet has made an impact on
health care, and its changing the health care information
needs. The following are a few web sites of interest:
Anatomy
of the Human Body
by Henry Gray
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body
on Bartleby.com contains 1,247 vibrant engravings,
with many in color, from the classic 1918 edition.
The subject index of 13,000 entries ranges from the
Antrum of Highmore to the Zonule of Zinn. Bartleby
claims to provide "students, researchers and the
intellectually curious with unlimited access to books
and information on the Web, free of charge.
The
Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
This atlas was produced by David
M. Martin, M.D., and Ralph C. Lyons, M.D., both certified
by the American Board of Internal Medicine and by the
American Board of Gastroenterology
Bristol
Biomedical Images Archive
This categorized archive maintained by
the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, contains more
than 20,000 images for teaching. A search engine allows
for retrieval of images on specific topics or conditions.
Users can search and browse the archive without registering,
but, to download full-size images, users must complete
a free registration process. The creators of the archive
allow free use of the images for teaching and educational
purposes.
Dermatology
Online Atlas
This English language atlas, maintained
by the Dermatology Internet Service at the Universities
of Erlangen and Heidelberg, Germany, can be searched
or browsed. The images by localization feature provides
a body map for browsing. Be sure to check with site owners
about copyright before using any images.
Digital
Atlas of Ophthalmology
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary Department
of Ophthalmology maintains this atlas "to serve
as a visual reference and educational supplement for
ophthalmologists, .' general physicians, and medical
students." Search or browse by topic or anatomical
region.
Online
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Annotated List Of Online Continuing Medical
Education
Public
Health Image Library (PHIL)
Created by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), PHIL offers an
organized, searchable gateway to CDC's pictures. The
content is organized into hierarchical categories of
people, places, and science and is presented as single
images, image sets, and multimedia files. PHIL welcomes
public health professionals, the media, educators,
and the worldwide public to use this material for reference,
teaching, presentation, and health messages.
The
Visible Human Project
A project of the National Library of Medicine
(NLM) , the Visible Human Project consists of images
of cross-sections of a female and a male. Anyone may
use the images free of charge, but a license agreement
must first be filed with NLM. This site also includes
links to projects that have been developed showing some
of the images in use.
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