In the 1950s, many psychiatrists thought that homosexuality could be reformed. Czech psychiatrist Kurt Freund found that...
Day: November 18, 2018
Magnus Hirschfeld, on the right, sits with his partner, Tao Li, at the fourth conference of the...
In the 1850s, smallpox vaccination became compulsory in Britain. But the influence of anti-vaccination campaigners meant outbreaks...
A combination of poverty and “plague orders” in 1665 trapped many in situations that meant almost certain...
Woman or goddess (“La Parisienne”) from the Camp-Stool fresco, c.1350 B.C.E., western wing of the palace at...
Snake Goddess from the palace at Knossos, c. 1600 B.C.E., faience, 29.5 cm high (Archaeological Museum of...