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Chicago Medical History

This is a guide to historical sources on medicine focusing on the collections in the Chicago Collections Consortium.

CCC Reference

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Archival Sources

Cook County Hospital, exterior view of front and entrance

CAPTION: Cook County Hospital, exterior view of front and entrance, 1911. Chicago History Museum. 

Link: explore.chicagocollections.org/image/chicagohistory/71/bv7b42f/.

Books and Other Published Sources

WorldCat allows you to search the holdings of libraries around the world. Check to see if these titles are at a library near you! If not, see if a local public library or a university with which you are affiliated allows you to do interlibrary loan.​