From magic bowls to holy shirts, Muslim cultures used various devices to protect the user from harm...
Medicine
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...
In Britain rabies was certainly known in 1000 CE and probably much earlier. Introduction On the 17th...
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...
A handful of manuscripts remain which give researchers valuable insights into medieval science. Introduction Medieval doctors had...
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...
Evidence for trephination occurs from the Neolithic period onwards. Introduction Trephination (also known as trepanning or burr...
Since no one knew what caused the disease, no cure was possible, but this did not stop...
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....
Review of a book discussing the history, religion, science, and technology of ancient Rome. By Dr. Migeul...
Examining Georgian England’s new craze for sea-bathing. The Wellcome Library has a first edition of a book...
Incidents of polio increased to epidemic proportions after 1900. What was going on? Introduction Poliomyelitis (polio) is...
With no accurate knowledge about the disease and the way it was spread, what could be done...
Mary Edwards Walker defied convention in just about everything she did. Mary Edwards Walker was uncompromising in...