Posted by in Individuals The modern field of gynecology has deep roots in racism and the man behind it all practiced his techniques on nonconsenting black women who were slaves in the South.
Posted by in Individuals, Quackery Those who survived the perilous journey westward faced towns that offered little relief, where injury and illness were frequent and unrelenting. In such places, doctors were more often viewed as agents of pain, sought only when a person was on the brink of death.
Posted by in Horror, Individuals, Modern Driven by extreme nationalism, he sought to ensure Japan’s dominance by mastering the use of biological weapons to devastate its enemies.
Posted by in Horror, Individuals, Victorians Doctors were performing autopsies, then taking their unwashed hands which contained cadaveric particles, and infecting the women they later assisted in childbirth.
Posted by in Horror, Individuals, Object Focus He discovered that the legs of dead frogs would twitch and flop about when electricity was applied.
Posted by in Horror, Individuals, Modern The Nazi Party subscribed itself to pseudoscientific ideas regarding genetics in order to push their racial ideologies to the brink of extremism.
Posted by in Individuals, Object Focus, Quackery George Scott was an English businessman who had no formal medical training whatsoever, yet he made a killing off of several “medical” devices he had invented for home use.
Posted by in Individuals, Modern Although argyria is not thought to be fatal, it does have severe cosmetic impacts that can affect a person emotionally and socially.
Posted by in Individuals, Victorians Clara Barton’s story shows that the impact of a compassionate woman can not only change lives, but save them.
Posted by in Individuals, Mental Health, Modern Lili Elbe, born as Einar Wegener, became one of the first people to undergo experimental gender reassignment surgery
Posted by in Horror, Individuals Between 1917 and the mid-1930s, John Brinkley made a fortune on his “revolutionary” surgical procedure which involved placing goat testicles into men’s scrotums to cure infertility and improve virility. What a BAAAHHH-d idea
Posted by in Individuals, Modern Let’s talk about how the brown stains on the teeth of Colorado Springs residents helped reform cavity prevention.
Posted by in Horror, Individuals Historically, most c-sections were performed for one main purpose, to save the baby. Mothers were expected to die from shock or complications resulting from infection.
Posted by in Horror, Individuals The Lithotomy was described as far back as the 1st century A.D. by Greek physicians. The procedure only required three main tools, the knife, a hook, and a pair of forceps.
Posted by in Individuals, Series While the battle raged on around them, many of the women living in Gettysburg in 1863 left their cellars and found ways to courageously serve humanity.
Posted by in Individuals, Series What is the likelihood that two brothers would be forced to undergo amputation of their left legs in the same spot just a few weeks apart from one another?
Posted by in Individuals, Series Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the infamous college professor turned war hero, helped advance catheterization methods after he was wounded at Petersburg in 1864.
Posted by in Individuals, Series Mary Edwards Walker, a progressive woman from New York, managed to kick down barriers throughout her lifetime, and she did so wearing bloomer suits.
Posted by in Horror, Individuals An estimated 60,000+ amputations occurred over the course of the Civil War, leaving men maimed and forever physically altered. Due to the high levels of amputations that took place in field hospitals across the country, it was during this time that medical professionals began really documenting instances of phantom limb.
Posted by in Individuals Dr. Letterman’s story, despite his importance to the field of military medicine, has been largely, forgotten. I hope that this post changes that.
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