American fiction of the 19th century often featured a ghoulish figure, the cruel doctor, with unfeeling fascination...
Medicine
Explore the history of medicine from ancient healing practices to modern breakthroughs — stories of science, struggle, and survival.
Hippocrates used the “four humours” theory to explain the origins of these infections but understood the environment’s...
Ancient Egyptians valued hygiene and proper medical care. Introduction Medical practice in ancient Egypt was so advanced...
The Greek historian Herodotus visited Egypt around 440 BCE and wrote extensively of his observations of their...
The international success of the worthless pills was due to the marketing skills of a Canadian politician....
An 18th-century doctor of homeopathy executed for the murder of his wife. But did he do it?...
Medicine had become highly professionalized by the late Middle Ages and was patriarchal, but women like Trotula...
They had sophisticated medical treatments at their fingertips – from preventative hygiene to prosthetics. Introduction The conventional...
Medieval medical communities and religious institutions were intermingled. Originally published by Digital Commons at Western Oregon University,...
The nineteenth century is a decisive time in the development of medicine and the medical profession in...
The contradiction in his character is particularly well illustrated by his behavior during the Philadelphia yellow fever...
The purpose was to sell more quinine and to remind the world that the Dutch empire was...
Unleashing such unproven ideas amid today’s globe-halting pandemic is causing concern among public health experts. By Susan...
They spell real trouble in the effort to build widespread immunity. The availability of a vaccine for...
The close of the 19th century also witnessed dramatic discoveries in the new science of bacteriology that...
An exhibit touring many sites where Jewish culture and medicine intersect. By Paula Wasley Introduction Your bubbe was not...
Come early medieval medicine has become real medicine, not scribal ignorance. Abstract The medical writings of early...
It is claimed to have been the most common medical practice performed by surgeons from antiquity until...
The Cutter Incident led in part to the development of a polio vaccine that was more dangerous....
A Hungarian obstetrician was the first to nail down the importance of hand-washing to stop the spread...
Islamic medicine was built on tradition, chiefly the theoretical and practical knowledge developed in Greece and Rome....
Incidents of polio increased to epidemic proportions after 1900. What was going on? Introduction Poliomyelitis (polio) is...
The ‘Hippocratic’ four humours, Roman hygiene, the first hospitals, and home remedies. The Greeks combined dietetics, medicines,...
A vaccine tricks the body’s immune system into producing antibodies to fight a form of the virus...
Examining modern remedies derived from medieval monastic knowledge. Most people think of herbal medicine as a distinctly...
The spirits and gods were believed to make their presence known through disease. Introduction When people fall...
Inoculation spread all over the world and revolutionized the field of vaccination against several other infectious diseases....
His work led to systematically developing, testing, and popularizing inoculation that saved countless lives. Introduction Edward B....
The relationship between cocaine and medical practitioners in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain. Introduction Cocaine is...
In 1495 an epidemic of a new and terrible disease broke out among the soldiers of Charles...