Articles
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I Think I Love You: Life, Death, and the Enduring Legacy of David Cassidy Fever
On May 30, 1974, 14-year-old Bernadette Whelan died after lingering in a coma for four…
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Pathology in Perspective: Wartime Specimen Collecting and the Case of Private Hurdis’ Skull
Rarely does a debate about the bones of soldiers collected during World War I enter…
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On Doors Open and Shut: Sex and Power Yet Again
One day last week, literally as I sat down in a shared meeting room to…
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Nursing Clio (still) Supports Net Neutrality
The FCC is about to vote to end net neutrality — breaking the fundamental principle…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news To make Hippocras, a…
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Listening to Women: Accessing Women’s Pain from First World War Pension Records
In March 1917, Nurse G., a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse, was on duty at…
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A Few Things I Need You To Know Before Getting Tested for HIV, As Told By Your HIV Tester
Welcome! Before getting tested for HIV, New York State requires me to go over a…
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An Interview with Janis Thiessen on Snacks
I recently had the opportunity to chat with one of my long time Twitter buddies,…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Museum anarchists. Chanukah Americana.…
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The How and Why of Indigenous Nurse History
How do you write a history of Indigenous nurses? Several stories coincide: stories about education,…