In the early modern world, syphilis victims suffered through four stages of disease over a ten- to thirty-year time span. […]
“Shock from Loss”: The Reality of Grief in the First World War
On October 24, 1918, fifty-eight-year-old Elizabeth was admitted to the City of London Mental Hospital by her husband.1 He stated […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Titillating toes. Guns in the family. Gender roles, not […]
Mary Seacole: Disease and Care of the Wounded, from Jamaica to the Crimea
While Florence Nightingale is legendary in the history of nursing because of her foundational role in the creation of Western […]
Canned Food History: A Conversation with Anna Zeide
Recently, I had my students in Food in American Society and Culture try their hand at drafting dietary guidelines. While […]
#MarielleFrancoPresente
On the evening of Wednesday, March 14, Marielle Franco — the thirty-eight-year-old human-rights activist, feminist, anti-racist organizer, and recently-elected city […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Disasters have histories. A brief history of gay theater. […]
The Politics of Sobreparto: Beyond the Medical Dimensions of a Postpartum Condition
Migrant indigenous Andean women living in the lowland Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra often mention sobreparto (“following […]
What Would Philippe Pinel Do? Old and New Understandings of Mental Illness
I was intrigued when, on February 1, 2018, I heard the journalist and author Johann Hari on Democracy Now! talking […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Secrets of a brothel privy. Susan B. Anthony’s bad […]
