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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1905 Presentation Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Nobel e-Museum contains a speech, originally given in 1905, in which Count K.A.H. Morner praises Robert Koch for his contribution to the world of medicine and awards Koch with the Nobel Prize.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1930

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nobel Foundation provides this site about Karl Landsteiner, a scientist who received the 1930 Nobel Prize in Medicine "for his discovery of human blood groups." This website includes both primary texts and secondary resources and an...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 Award Ceremony

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can find the full text of the speech, by Professor A. Engstrom, presenting the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Maurice Wilkins, James Watson, and Francis Crick for their discovery of DNA's structure. The speech...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Bad Medicine" by Andy Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "Bad Medicine" by Andy Adams.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1987: Susumu Tonegawa

For Students 9th - 10th
This Nobel E-Museum site provides an autobiography and a very detailed description of Mr. Tonegawa's work for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1987.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Experiencing War: Military Medicine

For Students 9th - 10th
Stories focus on military medicine and highlight personal accounts from doctors, nurses, and individuals providing medical support.
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Turning the Pages Online

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the history of science at this wonderful resource that provides virtual books in the biomedical sciences field for viewing at home. These are books and manuscripts that are hundreds of years old and would not be accessible...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: George A. Birmingham

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author George A. Birmingham including the full text of 15 short stories including "The Emerald Pendant" and "The Faculty of Medicine."
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Yale University

Avalon Project: Treaty With Kiowa, Comanche and Apache; Oct. 21, 1867

For Students 9th - 10th
Actual text of the Medicine Lodge Treaty, which establishes an Apache reservation, promises to establish reservation schools and increases annual payments of money and supplies.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Maurice Wilkins Nobel Lecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Download and read Maurice Wilkins Nobel Lecture "The molecular configuration of nucleic acids." This lecture, originally given December 11, 1961, is available in pdf format.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Baruch S. Blumberg Nobel Lecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Download and read Baruch Blumberg's Nobel Lecture entitled "Australia antigen and the biology of hepatitis B." This lecture, originally given December 13, 1976, is available in PDF format.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Gertrude B. Elion Nobel Lecture: Purine Path to Chemotherapy

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Nobel e-Museum you can download and read Gertrude B. Elion's Nobel Lecture, "The purine path to chemotherapy." This lecture, originally given by Elion on December 8, 1988, is available in pdf format.
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Natural Resources Defense: Canadian Boreal Forest; A Conservation Ethic at Work

For Students 9th - 10th
The successful conservation ethic of the Poplar River First Nations,located north of Winnipeg, is profiled. The trees, plants and wildlife of the Canadian forest have been relied on for food, medicine and the survival of cultural beliefs...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Paul Ehrlich Nobel Lecture: Partical Cell Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Nobel e-Museum you can download and read Paul Ehrlich' Nobel Lecture, "Partial cell functions," originally given December 11, 1908. The lecture is available in PDF format.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Robert Koch Nobel Lecture

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Nobel eMuseum of the Nobel Foundation allows you to read Robert Koch's Nobel Lecture, "The current state of the struggle against tuberculosis," which was originally given by Koch on December 12, 1905.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nobel Foundation provides a lecture given by Nanny Froman at the Royal Swedish Academy of Science in Sotckholm, Sweden. "Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium" is organized into several sections including:...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: James D. Watson Nobel Lecture [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Read James Dewey Watson's Nobel Lecture "The involvement of RNA in the synthesis of proteins." This lecture, originally given December 11, 1962, is provided in PDF format.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Early Trade With China: Early American Trade Routes to China [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Once the colonies gained their independence, American ships began to search the oceansfor markets to replace the British colonial markets from which they were now excluded (theWest Indies) or in which they were subjected to heavy tax...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Emerging Infectious Diseases: The Thucydides Syndrome

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed description of the symptoms of the plague in Athens and an attempt to diagnose the illness. (Volume 2, Number 2/April 1996)
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Brown University

John Carter Brown Library: Atlantic Materia Medica

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibit of scientific treatises and natural histories dating from the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries demonstrates the impact of trans-Atlantic trade and travel on medical practice and principles.
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Berliner Morgenpost

For Students 9th - 10th
Berliner Morgenpost is a daily morning paper serving the city of Berlin, Germany. Content includes top national and international headlines, as well as politics, economics, sports, opinions, and local news. Written in German.
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PBS

Pbs Nova Online: The Hippocratic Oath Today

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from describes one of the oldest binding documents in history, the Hippocratic Oath. A history of the oath is provided along with information on current uses of the oath.
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PBS

Pbs: Interview With Bennett Gershman, Former Prosecutor

For Students 9th - 10th
Why does the criminal justice system resist reopening cases based on new DNA evidence? This former prosecutor sheds light on the answer in this informative interview.
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PBS

Pbs: Interview With Jim Liebman, Constitutional Law Professor at Columbia Univ.

For Students 9th - 10th
Does innocence matter in our criminal justice system? Don't the DNA cases show that we are not getting the right outcome in more cases than we previously thought?

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