HPS 318 Research: History of Medicine from Antiquity to the Renaissance

A primary source...was created at the time of the event...or by people who were observers of, or participants in, that event. ...

           The medium of the primary source can be anything, including written texts, objects, buildings, films, paintings, cartoons, etc.

 --Professor Elspeth H. Brown, Dept. of History, University of Toronto.
   See: http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/specific-types-of-writing/history

 For another definition, see Yale University:

http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/primarysources/primarysources.html

Think about what kinds of primary sources are relevant to your topic:

Example: http://www.e-rara.ch/bau_1/content/titleinfo/6299027