Medicine had become highly professionalized by the late Middle Ages and was patriarchal, but women like Trotula...
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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...
From magic bowls to holy shirts, Muslim cultures used various devices to protect the user from harm...
Looking at how people thought about science and religion in the past can inform the contemporary world’s...
World War One created thousands of casualties from physical wounds, illness, and emotional trauma. Introduction The First...
Nurses have always been at the forefront during war, epidemics, and other times of disaster. May 12...
The first historical account of Edwardian London’s elite canine veterinarians in the early 20th century. Introduction Previous...
A little over a century ago, a different pandemic rattled the world when a third of the...
The purpose was to sell more quinine and to remind the world that the Dutch empire was...
Introduction The scientific work that led to the discovery of the causes of infections was possibly the...
Today post-infection prophylaxis is effective and safe, using vaccines grown on human cells and antisera obtained from...
Information was scarce, conflicting, and often exaggerated. In November 1889, a rash of cases of influenza-like-illness appeared...
The close of the 19th century also witnessed dramatic discoveries in the new science of bacteriology that...
Public outcry against these ghoulish deeds was great. This article, The History of Burke and Hare and...
The costumes were meant to combat the contagious miasma. This article, Plague Doctor Costumes, was originally published...
This article, London’s Dreadful Visitation: A Year of Weekly Death Statistics during the Great Plague (1665), was...
Examining the slow transition whereby reputable practitioners differentiated themselves from ‘quacks’. Abstract Trust is not automatically granted...
Kircher’s investigation can be seen as an important early step to understanding contagion. This article, “Invisible Little...
An exhibit touring many sites where Jewish culture and medicine intersect. By Paula Wasley Introduction Your bubbe was not...