Forensic medicine, also called “medical jurisprudence” or “legal medicine,” emerged in the 1600s. The Rise of Forensics...
Month: May 2019
From gruesome, public executions to Georgian Britain’s adoration of the ‘heroic’ highwayman, the author investigates attitudes to...
A scheming and salacious newspaper reporter targeted Hamilton and Jefferson – and nearly ruined them. It is...
In 1758, Samuel Johnson noted that the “itch of scribbling” had seized the nation. Introduction In 1758,...
Before the age of printing, the texts and layouts of Hebrew works were not standardised. This is...
The Third Crusade failed to put Jerusalem back in Christian hands. Introduction In 1187 Outremer (the collective...
Persian gained prominence as a literary language and a lingua franca—a common cultural language—about a thousand years...
This tetrapolis (“land of four cities”) was to remain the core of the Seleucid Empire. Antioch was...
Tariffs have been applied over the years to protect homegrown industries and target competitors who are seen...
An ancient Arctic site suggests a complex relationship between humans and dogs. By Lea Surugue In the...
A new study suggests young dogs were frequently buried with humans in China some 3,000 years ago,...
Part essay collection, part shadow-play, part macabre ballet, Satan the Waster: A Philosophic War Trilogy (1920) is...
The Comte knew that there were both advantages and pitfalls in the use of secrecy in diplomacy....
Things were far “nastier” in the 19th century, when voters often identified with a specific political party...
Since the earliest years of the republic, candidates have used deceptive, underhanded and dubiously legal tactics to...
Nearly a third of homeless people die from treatable conditions, meaning hundreds of deaths could potentially have...
Trends in homelessness, homeless assistance, and at-risk populations at the national and state levels. Introduction A total...
From the charitable relief of the Poor Law to the grim conditions of the workhouse, examining attitudes...
The message in medieval manuscripts is clear: The rich are good, the poor are trouble. Gluttony—overindulging in...
Medicare for All would be a dramatic improvement over America’s immensely wasteful and deadly for-profit system. By...
Think about how much your income would go up if you didn’t have to pay for healthcare...
Retracing the history of media technologies in the practice of medicine. Reba Benschoter readied herself to speak...
Analyzing the evolving state of British health in the nineteenth century and how Livingstone’s perceptions of this...
Women immigrants have played a dynamic role in transforming America socially, politically, and economically. A Woman’s Story...
Until today, she was the only first lady born outside the U.S.. She had to prove herself...
In Peru, the challenge of providing health care to the country’s citizens has spurred interest in alternative...
Early spiritual and religious concepts developed to deal with an occasionally but worldwide seen natural phenomenon which...
Netanyahu’s idea of Israel is not a Jewish nation with equal rights for all, but as an...
Since its beginnings in the Arabia of the 7th century CE, the religion of Muhammad the prophet...
Leonardo da Vinci emphasized the naturalness of the relationship of Jesus and Mary in his art, while...