Transporting plants and their by-products by long transoceanic voyages was a complex operation during the 18th century....
Medicine
Introduction Once a medical practice bills a patient for the provided services, the amount delivered by the...
The hysteria quickly spread and local authorities used it as an excuse to attack both Jewish and...
Old English continued to be used a century after William’s victory at the Battle of Hastings. Even...
As the US battled the 1918 influenza pandemic, some communities staged contentious battles against wearing masks. Sound...
Prohibited from attending the white GIs, the women felt betrayed by the country they fought to serve....
American fiction of the 19th century often featured a ghoulish figure, the cruel doctor, with unfeeling fascination...
The myth is likely related to a medical condition with symptoms that may explain many elements of...
Hippocrates used the “four humours” theory to explain the origins of these infections but understood the environment’s...
The images serve as a testament to how clinical photography practice has changed as a result of...
Alchemy was an art, a scientific and technological project that foreshadowed modern chemistry. Alchemy, with its cryptic...
Jewish practitioners participated in the exchange of knowledge between Christian and Muslim writers and practitioners. The Book...
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?...
Syrups and electuaries were popular remedies for throat complaints from the 17th century onwards. Here are some...
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...
How he chronicled, commemorated, and mourned his many loved ones who succumbed. This article, Petrarch’s Plague: Love,...
Since ancient times animals have been the source of medicinal substances used in various cultures. Abstract Animals...
It can be dated to 12,000-10,000 BCE though most accounts – especially concerning the dog – date...
The Hittites recognized that disease was transmitted by contagion from one person to another. In the late...
Van Helmont was an heir of Paracelsus’s thought and movement who went to lengths in later years...
Medieval medical communities and religious institutions were intermingled. Originally published by Digital Commons at Western Oregon University,...
The German city-state was run by merchant families who put trade and economy above residents’ welfare. As...
The wide dissemination of the disease was brought about by the poor sanitary conditions of the city....
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...
Examining what drugs were available in Russia and the great diversity of drugs traded in early modern...