The spirits and gods were believed to make their presence known through disease. Introduction When people fall...
History
The parasites found within the 2,000-year-old-feces smeared on bamboo suggest more than commodities made the trip. By...
Stomach ulcers, herpes, ringworm and other tropical diseases may have all contributed to the Neanderthal demise. By...
‘Walden,’ published in 1854, is a manual for solitude with a purpose. Introduction Seeking to bend the...
In the past, maintaining physical distance was an important aspect of public life – and clothes played...
Human communication was revolutionized with the origin of speech approximately 500,000 BCE. Introduction The history of communication...
His work led to systematically developing, testing, and popularizing inoculation that saved countless lives. Introduction Edward B....
An archaeological field school experience shines a light on the grave concerns people have about the treatment...
Fear of a disease that seemed to turn people into beasts might have inspired belief in supernatural...
The Northern Wei was the most enduring and powerful of the northern Chinese dynasties before reunification. Imperial...
The ‘Caves of the Thousand Buddhas’ are a magnificent treasure trove of Buddhist art. A Trove of...
Learn how an essay writing can awake the interest of the students to history so that they...
It was only midway through the war that Lincoln reached the conclusion that abolishing slavery would preserve...
How did images shape the meaning of the war for people at home and the meaning of...
The Greeks treated their city-states like bodies. To protect them from disasters, it was the poor that...
Considering their limited role in actual society there is a surprisingly strong cast of female characters in...
Women weren’t just traditional stay at home wives, but they contributed to society and sometimes even in...
The Congressional library was destroyed in 1812 when the British burned the Capitol. It came back bigger...
Propaganda tactics are timeless. While the game has moved on since the time of Augustus, the rules...
Captured officers and seamen of the Governor Gerry had the choice of enlisting in the Royal Navy...
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It was not until the Persian Invasion of 525 BCE that a cash economy was instituted in...
The relationship between cocaine and medical practitioners in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain. Introduction Cocaine is...
How medical pioneers and health innovations shaped the landscape of medicine in the 19th century during disease...
Disease is thought to be caused by intrusion or soul loss, evil spirits, sorcerers, or broken taboos....
This would have been placed in a grave to embody the shaman’s power that would help the...
Menelaus, and others like him, reduced the physical world to a purely geometric one. By Mark CartwrightHistorian...
The Hippocratic philosophy on health care provision applied standards and ethical rules that are still valid today....
From cows to controversy, the smallpox vaccine triumphed. Not malaria. Not cholera. Not AIDS, influenza, measles, or...
Finding pockets of hope in the great flu pandemic. On September 12, 1918, Dr. Royal S. Copeland put the...