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Diagrams from Dr. Alesha Sivartha’s Book of Life

An enigmatic 1898 work about the progress of man.
via The Public Domain Review on November 21, 2017

Arsenic and Old Leeches

Three reasons why you shouldn’t consult the nineteenth-century WebMD archives.
by Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen via Lapham’s Quarterly on October 31, 2017
Bottle of OxyContin.
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While Government Cracked Down On Illegal Drugs, Big Pharma Hooked Millions On Opioids

The racist roots of the opioid crisis.
by David Herzberg, Matthew R. Pembleton via Made By History on October 30, 2017

How the Horrific 1918 Flu Spread Across America

The toll of history’s worst epidemic surpasses all the military deaths in World War I and World War II combined. And it may have begun in the United States.
by John M. Barry via Smithsonian on October 25, 2017

From Teddy Roosevelt to Trump: How Drug Companies Triggered an Opioid Crisis a Century Ago

Americans, warned President Teddy Roosevelt's newly appointed opium commissioner in 1908, 'have become the greatest drugs fiends in the world.'
by Nick Miroff via Retropolis on October 17, 2017
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Woodrow Wilson, Mental Health, and the White House

The debate about the nature of Woodrow Wilson's health is intertwined with questions about his self-righteous character.
by Matthew Wills, Robert M. Saunders, Kenneth S. Lynn via JSTOR Daily on March 20, 2017

A History of Transgender Health Care

As the stigma of being transgender begins to ease, medicine is starting to catch up
by Farah Naz Khan via Scientific American on November 16, 2016
A woman lies dying of influenza while a girl covers her eyes behind her.

The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918: A Digital Encyclopedia

Stories of the places, the people, and the organizations that battled the American influenza epidemic of 1918-1919.
by Howard Markel, J. Alexander Navarro via University Of Michigan Library on September 19, 2016

Winston Churchill Gets a Doctor’s Note to Drink “Unlimited” Alcohol in Prohibition America

Even Winston Churchill needed a doctor's excuse to get out of Prohibition.
by Ayun Halliday via Open Culture on May 6, 2016
A child in an iron lung, used to treat polio patients, aided by a nurse, 1940s.

There is No Cure for Polio

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
by Melissa Jacobs via Digital Public Library of America on April 7, 2016
Dr. Ossian Sweet
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Dr. Ossian Sweet's Black Life Mattered

It has been 90 years since Ossian Sweet tried to move into his new home; since police stood by and did nothing as a mob threw rocks.
by David F. Krugler, Victoria W. Wolcott, Heather Bourbeau, Leslie Brown, Anne Valk, James W. McElhaney, Lance Freeman via JSTOR Daily on June 17, 2015
Small box from the late 1800s containing small vials of homeopathic remedies.

A Short History of Homeopathy: From Hahnemann to Whole Foods

In the 19th Century, homeopathy was popular because of its use of small doses, its emphasis on the curative power of nature, and its holistic treatment of the body.
by Jacqueline Antonovich via Nursing Clio on June 9, 2015

The Accidental, Psychedelic Discovery of LSD

After the drug was dismissed by the pharmaceutical company that developed it, a researcher started experimenting on himself with it. Powerful hallucinations ensued.
by Tom Shroder via The Atlantic on September 9, 2014

The Confusing and At-Times Counterproductive 1980s Response to the AIDS Epidemic

A new exhibit looks at the posters sent out by non-profits and the government in response to the spread of AIDS.
by Natasha Geiling via Smithsonian on December 4, 2013
Illustration of grave robbing

Body Snatchers of Old New York

In the 1780s, medical schools used cadavers stolen from the cemeteries of slaves.
by Bess Lovejoy via Lapham’s Quarterly on October 13, 2013
Painting from 1857 by Alexander Beydeman depicting the light-filled practise of homeopathy, including a silver-haired Hahnemann, watching disapprovingly on over the horrors wrought by traditional medicine, referred to as Allopathy

Proving It: The American Provers’ Union Documents Certain Ill Effects

The history of "proving", the practice of auto-experimentation that forms the cornerstone of homeopathic medicine.
by Alicia Puglionesi via The Public Domain Review on September 4, 2013
Baby sleeping in a woman's arms.
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What’s the Definition of “Person”?

Two court cases that defined and changed the nature of personhood.
via BackStory on May 10, 2013

The History of Health Care Spending in 7 Graphs

Health care spending grew more slowly in the past two years than it has in over five decades.
via Washington Post on January 9, 2012
The President Is a Sick Man by Matthew Algeo, book cover

A Yacht, A Mustache: How A President Hid His Tumor

Grover Cleveland believed that if anything happened to his mustache during his surgery at sea, the public would know something was wrong.
by Matthew Algeo via NPR on July 6, 2011
The media fueled fears of a parrot-fever pandemic; then the story went into reverse. Illustration by Laurent Cilluffo.

The Spread

Jill Lepore on disease outbreaks of pandemic proportions, media scares, and the parrot-fever panic of 1930.
by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on May 25, 2009
Illustration of a wood-paneled formal bathroom.

The Bathrooms of Old New York

On the enormous, ornate, and extremely impractical bathtub in his family’s old-fashioned brownstone home.
by Joseph Wyler via The New Yorker on January 21, 1939

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