Texas Medical History

The McGovern 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 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@library.tmc.edu.

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 http://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/ebooks/4/
Two Obstetrical Heresies. Starley, S.F. Jacksonville, Texas, 1896

Physicians

Roster of Deceased Texas Physicians
Reflections: Historical Prespectives on Pathology in Houston and Galveston
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 Health Facilities Postcards

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