The early medieval law codes issued in Europe contain multiple clauses dealing with injuries to the face...
Disease
The historic events and pioneers we can today thank for saving millions of lives each year. By...
Vaccines protect not only the patient, but also those around them. Introduction Louisiana Republican state Rep. Kathy...
The exact death toll of the flu is unknown, but experts estimate it to be as high...
The effects of antimicrobial resistance are not spread equally across society. Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (also known as...
He captured epidemiological events as they unfolded. By Dwight William SwansonCo-Founder, The Museum of SleepCo-Founder, Center for...
A 19th-century campaigner started a gradual trend for outsourcing the preparation and storage of a body. Introduction...
Hippocrates is credited with naming “cancer” as “karkinoma”. Since the earliest medical records were kept, cancer as a disease has been...
It is still present in more than 120 countries, and the U.S. is seeing an uptick in...
Outlining some of history’s most deadly pandemics, from the Antonine Plague to COVID-19. By Nicholas LePanMining EditorVisual...
How measles vaccines became victims of their own success and the risk that rising outbreaks pose to...
If you know one thing about the European Middle Ages, chances are, it’s the Plague. Usually, when...
Examining the interplay between a warming planet and other factors on infectious diseases. By Marie RosenthalEditor of...
Rickets was a disease of urban poverty and could be life-threatening for pregnant women. By Tom PorterCollege...
It was June 1961, and the Crown Street Women’s Hospital was one of the first in the...
People with disabilities are illustrated more frequently in medieval manuscript culture than realized. By Dr. Alison HudsonAdjunct...
The ideological structures shaping the medieval record become highly visible with women. Introduction The discussion of disfigurement...
Holbein’s woodcuts were a highly original take on a medieval theme. This article, Hans Holbein’s Dance of...
Every element of ritual was directed to stress the importance of the individual and his worldly remembrance....
The emphasis was on the spiritual or supernatural means of self-protection. Introduction This book is not primarily...
It had high fatalities among populations in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. Introduction The third cholera pandemic (1846–1860)...
It is often regarded as the most important discovery in the history of medicine. Introduction The Germ Theory,...
How physicians could divine sexual history, disease, and impending death by studying the body’s liquid excretions. This...
Settlers in New France enjoyed a good medical infrastructure. Introduction All kinds of ailments were part of...
Tuberculosis was a leading cause of death in 19th-century Europe and America. Introduction In 1881, Frederick Akbar...
The polarized response to the handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States has caused deep...
Nurses across the United States rose to the occasion. The 1918 influenza pandemic, also known as the “Spanish...
Tuberculosis is a preventable and curable disease, yet it kills more people than any other infectious disease....
Discourse surrounding the origins of syphilis has a long history of blaming the “other”. In 1876, Joseph...
The combined symptoms do not appear in any ancient medical text or any other part of the...