Powell continued to practice medicine as a civilian. More than 180,000 African Americans—some free born, some escaped...
Medicine
Explore the history of medicine from ancient healing practices to modern breakthroughs — stories of science, struggle, and survival.
The barber-surgeon was at once despised and sought after, a liminal figure who embodied the blurred boundaries...
The challenge will be balancing the excitement of their potential with the meticulous work of proving their...
By the close of the nineteenth century, prosthetics had moved from artisanal oddities to standardized commodities. They...
Many think that the history of medicine lies entirely in the West. That is really only part...
University educated physicians were only a small minority of all medical professionals and healers. Introduction Marquess of...
It shook assumptions, invited new models, and reminded early sixteenth-century Europeans that life itself (breath, motion, sound)...
When a virus as familiar as influenza can trigger brain damage in otherwise healthy children, the line...
At the federal level, some infectious disease experts suggested there were other, larger challenges afoot, such as...
To historicize vaccine resistance is not to legitimize it but instead to understand its roots. From the...
“These individuals have already taken steps to upend decades of scientific research and vaccine policy, threatening the...
Modern medicine has its fair share of jaw-dropping innovations—robotic surgeries, gene editing, AI diagnostics. But what if...
To prevent catching the plague, the WHO recommends taking precautions against flea bites and avoiding handling animal...
The moment we believe the war is won, the pathogens remind us that it never truly ends;...
The sound of pertussis, that strangled gasp for air, is the voice of a disease we were...
Functional medicine’s vocabulary is dressed in scientific language. But language is not substance. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic...
It is a calculated falsehood with roots in fraud and branches in fear. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic...
History also warns us: what we neglect, we risk reliving. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction After...
Measles suppresses immune memory and increases the risk of complications for years. By Dr. Saloni DattaniResearcher, Our...
This latest outbreak joins a growing pattern of travel-related infections in recent years. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic...
Aegimus stood at the crossroads—recording with precision the heartbeat of a new science. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic...
He demonstrated that medical practice could be both an art and a science. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic...
A rugged improvisational approach suited to the challenges of frontier life. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction...
These civilizations exhibited a keen awareness of the dangers posed by compulsive indulgence. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic...
For these patients, relief from pain is not a luxury—it is a lifeline. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic...
Laudanum’s history is one of contradiction. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction Laudanum—an alcoholic tincture of opium—has...
Treatment has been uneven and deeply affected by social, racial, and political dynamics. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic...
The proposed cuts to Narcan funding are part of a larger pattern. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate...
Ancient healers laid the groundwork for systematic approaches to health and disease. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate...
The vaccines will be remembered as a triumph of science. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction The...