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COVID-19 Health Passports: What’s Old Is New Again

WebDistillations magazine. COVID-19 Health Passports: What’s Old Is New Again. To speed reopening, government and business leaders are pushing a modern …

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The Science of Sickness & Health Science History Institute

WebThe Science of Sickness & Health. Medicine is where science intersects most directly with our bodies. From leeches to vaccines, germ theory to gene therapy, the ways we think …

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The Nurse Who Introduced Gloves to the Operating Room

WebHistorically, even simple measures, such as doctors wearing gloves during surgery, were met with fierce resistance. And while doctors’ lore usually credits a famous …

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Health Interest Group Science History Institute

WebThe Case of Plastics: Health Interest Group. You are concerned about the health risks of plastics. Plastic additives are increasingly present in human bodies, and studies suggest …

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Quacks, Plagues, and Pandemics Science History Institute

WebQuacks, Plagues, and Pandemics. What charlatans of the past can teach us about the COVID-19 crisis. The Charlatan Tooth Puller (1620–1625), by Flemish artist …

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Paracelsus, the Alchemist Who Wed Medicine to Magic

WebHere are a few things we do know about Paracelsus: he was born in the Swiss village of Einsiedeln, the result of a mixed-class marriage between the illegitimate son of …

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Vicious Doctors and Cruel Diseases in 18th-Century Jamaica

WebIt was a wild affair. Eager for violence, Bennet showed up at Williams’s house early on the morning of December 29, 1750, armed with a sword and pistols. He handed …

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A Recipe for Good Health Science History Institute

WebRemove the contents of a pound can of protose, cut in halves and each half into eight slices. Sprinkle the bottom of the dripping pan with one-half of the corn flakes, …

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The Pursuit of Sweet Science History Institute

WebIn its 130-year history saccharin has been a laboratory accident, a wonder drug, a dangerous carcinogen, and a consumer cause célèbre. The story of saccharin’s …

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Medicalizing Menopause Science History Institute

WebMedicalizing Menopause. The rise and fall of hormone replacement therapy. Elizabeth Siegel Watkins. The Estrogen Elixir: A History of Hormone Replacement …

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Chewing It Over—and Over and Over and Over

WebDisappearing spoon: Chewing it Over—and Over and Over and Over. If Ted Talks were around in the early 1900s, Horace Fletcher would have given his fair share of …

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The Rotten Science Behind the MSG Scare

WebA seasoning invented by a chemist had an air of technological sophistication that appealed to officials intent on modernizing the country through science and …

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The Real Tragedy of Robert Oppenheimer

WebThe Real Tragedy of Robert Oppenheimer. Sam Kean examines the dark, restless side of the father of the atomic bomb. Portrait of Robert Oppenheimer. He …

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Let It Bleed Science History Institute

WebLet It Bleed. Joseph E. Snodgrass’s poetry memorably reflected the public faith in bloodletting as medical treatment. by Kelly Tuttle. Two engraved brass and steel …

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Ellen H. Swallow Richards Science History Institute

WebEllen Swallow, ca. 1858. Coincidentally, in the same year MIT opened the nation’s first laboratory of sanitary chemistry (1884), she was appointed as an instructor. In 1887, at …

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Interview with Sue Desmond-Hellmann Science History Institute

WebOver the next several weeks, Distillations will be talking to people who have special insight into the coronavirus crisis—biomedical researchers, physicians, public …

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American Fevers, American Plagues Science History Institute

WebAmerican Fevers, American Plagues. How yellow fever outbreaks in the early United States anticipated much of what we lament about the COVID-19 era. A man with …

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Pipe Dreams: America’s Fluoride Controversy

WebThe fluoridation era dawned sleepily enough in America. On the afternoon of January 25, 1945, municipal workers at the Grand Rapids, Michigan, waterworks began …

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