Bamber Gascoigne, former presenter of University Challenge, has teamed up with the Wellcome Trust's Carole Reeves to launch an online account of medical history.
HistoryWorld covers seven significant themes - birth, death, drugs, hospitals, plagues, surgery and technology - that trace key developments from ancient Greece through to contemporary times. It can be found at www.historyworld.net
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