A BMJ article urges a revisiting of medical history, arguing that professionalization sidelined women’s roles in shaping ...

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A novel biochemical analysis of a Renaissance medical text has successfully recovered centuries-old proteins that might be ...

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Medieval medicine was built on theory, tradition, and superstition. Bloodletting, animal parts, human fluids, and extreme ...

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Recently, an item from the collection of London’s famous Victoria and Albert Museum caused something of a stir online when the museum’s metalwork curator unboxed a rare antimonial cup dating back to ...

Ancient medical texts found in Iraq reveal how Mesopotamian healers sometimes sent patients to sanctuaries as part of treatment.

Archival discoveries including a 19th-century autobiography transform our understanding of Shadrach Byfield, an English ...

Experts and cancer survivors discuss facing the unexpected: fertility risks from cancer treatment and added health risks from surviving both HIV infection and cancer. Many Paths, One Purpose: Treating ...

The name Advent (From the Latin word Adventus, which signifies a coming) is applied, in the Latin Church, to that period of the year, during which the Church requires the faithful to prepare for the ...