Title: Assistant Professor of History and the Johanna and Alfred Hurley *61 P76 P82 P86 University Preceptor Guenther trained as an M.D. in Germany before she earned a Ph.D. in the history of science ...

Every March, National Women’s History Month serves as an opportunity to celebrate the groundbreaking accomplishments of women throughout history. From the earliest days of medicine, women have made ...

Humans took a long, weird road to modern medicine. We don’t have everything figured out yet, but at least we’ve learned not to drink the feces of cholera victims and never to plug dental cavities with ...

A phenomenon well familiar to historians of medicine is the psychic epidemic, an illness attribution that spreads epidemically, then is forgotten. In the nineteenth century, psychiatry fostered such ...

When one thinks about medical doctors, what comes to mind are years of biology and physics. In fact, these are required courses for all pre-med students. Yet, what makes a good doctor is larger than ...

While Europe was living in the Age of Renaissance, marked by sweeping developments in science, and medicine, in particular – Russian tsars were still clinging to ancient medicinal recipes, that were ...

Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania is established; later renamed Hahnemann Medical College. A graduate of the first class, Ann Preston becomes dean of Female Medical College of Pennsylvania ...

Alex Broadbent receives funding from the National Research Foundation of South Africa. What is medicine? We recognise it in all societies past and present. But the nature of medicine differs so ...