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Detail from a painting of David Hosack’s "Elgin Garden," ca. 1815.

Flower Power: Hamilton's Doctor and the Healing Power of Nature

In the early 1800s, David Hosack created one of the nation's first botanical gardens to further his pioneering medical research.
by Rebecca Rego Barry via The Public Domain Review on January 24, 2019
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The Drunkard’s Progress

Two hundred years ago, it was hard for Americans to miss the message that they had a serious drinking problem.
by Benjamin Breen on January 17, 2019

Shaman's Revenge?

The birth, death and afterlife of our romance with tobacco.
by Mike Jay via mikejay.net on January 1, 2019

Politics of Yellow Fever in Alexander Hamilton's America

Yellow fever ravaged Philadelphia in 1793, touching nearly everyone in the city.
by Ashley Bowen via U.S. National Library of Medicine on December 12, 2018

In the 19th Century, Miscarriage Could Be a Happy Relief

A new book shows the remarkable contrast between 19th-century women’s views of miscarriage and the loss-focused rhetoric of today.
by Rebecca Onion via Slate on November 26, 2018
French elites at an eighteenth-century erotic seance.

Mesmerising Science: The Franklin Commission and the Modern Clinical Trial

Benjamin Franklin, magnetic trees, and erotically-charged séances.
by Urte Laukaityte via The Public Domain Review on November 20, 2018

Meanings and Materials of Miscarriage: How Babies in Jars Shaped Modern Pregnancy

In late-nineteenth-century America, the miscarried fetus became a scientific specimen.
by Shannon Withycombe via Nursing Clio on October 31, 2018

The 'Father of American Neurology' Prescribed Women Months of Motionless Milk-Drinking

Virginia Woolf and Charlotte Perkins Gilman were both patients of this infamous rest cure.
by Abbey Perreault via Atlas Obscura on September 28, 2018

Who is Dead?

What constitutes death is based on more factors than those that are medical.
by Sarah Swedberg via Nursing Clio on September 26, 2018

Whose Milk? Changing US Attitudes toward Maternal Breastfeeding

Current debates about breastfeeding highlight the political nature of changing cultural norms about motherhood.
by Kimberly B. Sherman via Nursing Clio on September 19, 2018
New York City sidewalk in the 1880s.

What I Assume the Eighteen-Eighties Were Like

Locomotives. Not trains. Locomotives.
by Seth Reiss via The New Yorker on September 12, 2018

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

Victorian-Era Orgasms and the Crisis of Peer Review

A favorite anecdote about the origins of the vibrator is probably a myth.
by Robinson Meyer, Ashley Fetters via The Atlantic on September 6, 2018

A History of Human Guinea Pigs

Medical science has always had a lax relationship to consent – especially with the marginalized.
by Line Høj Høstrup via The Nib on September 5, 2018

Rediscovering a Founding Mother

Just-discovered letters herald the significance of an unsung Revolutionary woman, Julia Rush.
by Stephen Fried via Smithsonian on August 22, 2018
Archaeologist excavating a bone.

Civil War Battlefield 'Limb Pit' Reveals Work Of Combat Surgeons

Bones uncovered at the Manassas National Battlefield Park provide insights into surgery during the Civil War.
by Christopher Joyce via NPR on June 20, 2018

Dystopian Bodies

In her newest book, Barbara Ehrenreich attacks the "epidemic" of wellness.
by Niko Maragos via Los Angeles Review of Books on June 7, 2018

Black Subjectivity and the Origins of American Gynecology

A review of Deirdre Cooper Owens' "Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology."
by Rachel Zellars via Black Perspectives on May 31, 2018

A Forgotten War on Women

Scott W. Stern’s book documents a decades-long program to incarcerate “promiscuous” women.
by Kim Kelly via The New Republic on May 22, 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

Aborted Fetus And Pill Bottle In 19th Century Outhouse Reveal History Of Family Planning

Two 19th century outhouses provide rare archaeological evidence of abortion.
by Kristina Killgrove via Forbes on April 20, 2018

NYC Will Move—But Not Remove—Statue of Gynecologist Who Experimented on Slaves

Some say the decision to move the statue of Dr. J. Marion Sims from Central Park to a Brooklyn cemetery is a "slap in the face."
by Kimberly Lawson via Broadly on April 16, 2018

Abortion in Pre-Roe South Carolina

Uncovering Charleston's "backstreet" abortion networks.
by Cara Delay, Cora Webb, Regina Day, Madeleine Ware via Nursing Clio on April 11, 2018

Rewriting My Grandfather’s MLK Story

In excavating the story of King’s visit to Harlem Hospital, I uncovered my grandfather’s own fight for civil rights.
by Lena Felton via The Atlantic on April 3, 2018
Ad for children's medicine.

How Advertising Shaped the First Opioid Epidemic

What the first opioid epidemic can teach us about the second.
by Jon Kelvey via Smithsonian on April 3, 2018

How The Sacrifices of Black Civil War Troops Advanced Medicine

A new museum exhibit in Philadelphia showcases the first public health record of African Americans.
by Ilene Raymond Rush via Philly.com on March 21, 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
Red Cross poster from WWI with woman wearing Red Cross hat and pin waving and saying Join Now.

Beginnings of the American Red Cross

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
by Lucy Santos Green via Digital Public Library of America on February 22, 2018

Why Doesn't Garfield Assassination Site on the National Mall Have a Marker?

A new campaign by historians seeks to bring recognition to the site where the 20th president was shot.
by Jason Daley via Smithsonian on January 25, 2018

Medical Mystery: James Madison's Sudden Collapse

The Father of the U.S. Constitution fought a life-long physical battle, too.
by Allan B. Schwartz via Philly.com on January 24, 2018
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