Groundbreaking old papers from The Lancet are now available on-line. How The Lancet made medical history:
In the unbroken 180 years since it was first published by doctor, coroner and MP Thomas Wakley, it has become one of the most important — and most reliable sources of medical and social history around.Now that history has been compiled in electronic form for the first time. Every edition, and every article in The Lancet has been digitised and made available to researchers.
A few key papers get links within the BBC article; other “top articles” are available at ScienceDirect.com.