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The Dark History of Hysteria

One diagnosis fits all! If you're a woman.

by Sarah Mirk, Alexandra Beguez via The Nib on September 10, 2018

How the C-Section Went From Last Resort to Overused

Today, 1 in 3 American babies are delivered via the procedure, twice what the World Health Organization recommends.

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on May 21, 2018

Haunted by History

War, famine and persecution inflict profound changes on bodies and brains. Could these changes persist over generations?

by Pam Weintraub via Aeon on April 18, 2018

Just Like Us

Boston and Providence meet the famous Siamese twins, Chang and Eng Bunker.

by Yunte Huang via Lapham’s Quarterly on April 9, 2018

Fine Specimens

How Walt Whitman became the quintessential poet of disability and death.

by David S. Reynolds via New York Review of Books on March 11, 2018

Cancer and Captivity: Reflections on Affliction in Puritan and Modern Times

It seemed to me that the conditions of cancer and captivity shared physical, emotional, and spiritual correspondences.

by Zabelle Stodola via Commonplace on November 21, 2017

Metaphors and Malignancy in Senator McCain’s Cancer Diagnosis

How does one talk about cancer, something so unpleasant that is almost always linked with death, and where do metaphors come in?

by Agnes Arnold-Forster via Nursing Clio on July 31, 2017

Weighing the Baby

When did the practice of weighing newborns begin? And why?

by Deborah Warner via National Museum of American History on July 10, 2017

Doctors performing a lobotomy while others watch.

Lobotomy: A Dangerous Fad's Lingering Effect on Mental Illness Treatment

From the 1930s to the 1950s a radical surgery — the lobotomy — would forever change our understanding and treatment of the mentally ill.

by Barbara Dury, Margaret M. Ebrahim via Retro Report on April 16, 2017

Mapping a Demon Malady: Cholera Maps and Affect in 1832

Cholera maps chart the movement of the disease, and the terror that accompanied it.

by Sarah Schuetze via Commonplace on September 25, 2016

A White man injecting a shot into an African American man.

The Lasting Fallout of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study

A recent paper provides evidence that the Tuskegee Syphilis Study reduced the life expectancy of African-American men.

by Nashwa Khan via JSTOR Daily on June 20, 2016

Fear of Frying

A brief history of Trans Fats.

by David Schleifer via n+1 on May 21, 2007

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