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The Center for the History of Medicine
Research and Publications
The faculty and staff at the Center for the History of Medicine are engaged
in several large research projects, including American immigration and
public health history and policy; history of pediatrics and child health
in America; history of women’s health; history of epidemic disease;
history of eugenics and human genetics in modern America; and the history
of drug and alcohol addiction in American society.
Some of the publications resulting from this research include Formative
Years: Children’s Health in the United States, 1880-2000, edited
by Alexandra Minna Stern and Howard Markel. In addition, the CHM has overseen
the publication of books related to the history of University of Michigan
Medical School and its clinical departments and the history of medicine
and nursing in the state of Michigan. These include Not Just Any Medical
School: The Science, Practice, and Teaching of Medicine at the
University of Michigan, 1850-1941, by Horace W. Davenport;
University of Michigan Surgeons 1850-1970: Who They Were and What They
Did, by Horace W. Davenport The Diary of Emily Jane Green Hollister:
Her Nursing Experiences, 1888-1911, edited by Deborah
D. Smith.
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