The ideological structures shaping the medieval record become highly visible with women. Introduction The discussion of disfigurement...
Disease
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...
This highlighted the divergence between reality and long-held ideas about people and place. Before the First World...
A virologist reflects on the achievements of this visionary scientist. Introduction Some of the greatest scientific discoveries...
Polio vaccines have been a massive public health victory in the U.S. Introduction “Got Polio? Me neither....
Its morbid sensory alertness preserved some kind of faith with the empiricist principles that shadowed its history....
European mariners were already familiar with shipworms like T. navalis before 1730. In the fall of 1730 following a...
Visual representations of pain in Anglo-American medical and surgical texts. Pain is a phantom, a spectre that...
A new analysis of genetic samples from China appears to link the pandemic’s origin to raccoon dogs....
During the late 1660s in Paris, transfusing the blood of calves and lambs into human veins promised...
Raccoon dogs could have been an initial host for the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. Introduction...
During World War II, as casualties mounted, the need for blood increased. Charles Richard Drew (June 3,...
The current H5N1 outbreak is also infecting a wide range of mammals. Introduction An outbreak of H5N1...
Modern medicine has come a long way since its beginnings circa 8 BCE in Egypt. Over the...
The catastrophic effects of plague and its relentless recurrences changed life in every possible way. Introduction After...
Epidemiology emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism that continues today. Introduction...
“This is an infection that has epidemic and pandemic potential.” As a deadly strain of avian influenza...
What can be learned from medical practitioners of the past? Plenty, it seems. On September 12, 1918, Dr....