"The Institute of the History of Medicine is a center for advanced studies dedicated to promoting scholarship on the history of medicine, disease, and the health sciences and their relationship to society. In addition, the Institute seeks to bring historical perspectives to bear on contemporary health issues. The Institute of the History of Medicine contains: • The Department of the History of Medicine which jointly runs the Graduate Program in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology with the Department of History of Science and Technology, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. • The Historical Collections, a medical history research library containing antiquarian and modern resources. • The editorial offices of the Bulletin of the History of Medicine, the official journal of the American Association of the History of Medicine."