“Merry Christmas!” It was the standard December greeting in the New Jersey town where I was raised. New Jersey is […]
Creating Battle Signs: Iraq/Afghanistan War Veterans, Art Therapy, and Rehabilitation
During my first research trip to the National Archives in College Park I stayed with my family in Lorton, Virginia […]
Black Nurse, White Milk: Wet Nursing and Slavery in Brazil
In 1888, Brazil became the last country to abolish slavery in the Western hemisphere. The process of emancipation in the […]
#MeToo and the Massage Envy Scandal: Looking Back and Beyond
“Massage brings all the weirdos out of the woodwork. I mean real sick people who have problems,” massage therapist Kathleen […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news The Nazi anatomists. White feminism and eugenics. The best […]
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 days. The cause of her […]
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 into public consciousness. But in […]
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 write this post, a senior […]
Nursing Clio (still) Supports Net Neutrality
The FCC is about to vote to end net neutrality — breaking the fundamental principle of the open Internet — […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news To make Hippocras, a 1615 recipe. Is Google Home […]
