Nursing Clio

A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news

• • A brief history of beards.
  • Examining Hitler’s teeth.
  • Flirting tips from the Victorians.
  • The racist history of amusement parks.
  • A history of America’s awful beer glass.
  • The surprisingly intolerant history of milk.
  • Victorians, train rides, and instant insanity.
  • Debunking the myth of the chubby chaser.
  • A story about sex dolls yesterday and today.
  • A history of medicine and magic in Australia.
  • The odd history of the first erotic computer game.
  • Another story about sex dolls yesterday and today.
  • How the C-section went from last resort to overused.
  • The black woman who revolutionized menstrual pads.
  • The Chinese Exclusion Act continues to affect the U.S.
  • How snobbery took the spice out of European cooking.
  • Candy aspiring, safety cups, and the history of children’s drugs.
  • Cleopatra portrayals reveal changing perceptions of sex, women, and race.