Murdered Millions (1897), by George Dowknott, M.D., is a brief treatise relating to Christian medical missions. In less than one hundred pages, Dowknott seeks to establish a complex theory of ‘murder’ based largely on Biblical interpretation, apply it to the …
The Passages — titled Passages from the Diary of a Late Physician when published in book form — came out originally in Blackwood’s Magazine, a popular publication in nineteenth century Britain. The essays were popular enough to warrant three editions of the …
In light of the maintenance going on at the Internet Archive which is making access to the MHL collections a little unpredictable, check out these past features in our Digital Highlights series! Walter Murray Gibson’s “Sanitary Instructions for Hawaiians”: “The English and Hawaiian language …
Joseph Comstock’s The tongue of time, and star of the states: a system of human nature, with the phenomena of the heavens and earth. : American antiquities, remains of giants, geology, volcanoes, Egyptian and Indian magic, diet, dress, drinks, diseases, …
Jean-Martin Charcot, head of the medical staff at the Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, France, was a popular figure in late nineteenth century France. He was famous beyond French borders and part of his fame stemmed from the Leçons sur les …
Narratives from the sickbed have been popular for centuries. In the nineteenth century, a particular style of sickroom story was popular; it can be loosely described as the “angel in the house” story. This phrase is often used to describe …
In her insightful book, “This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War,” Drew Faust shows how the Civil War forever changed America’s experience of death. Never before had the country seen such a large fatality toll within such …
In the mid-1850s, C.G. Comegys delivered the introductory lecture at the start of the new session of the Miami Medical College in Cincinnati. It was printed for general distribution in 1856.
The gardeners among us have been planning their Spring 2013 gardening for months now. There are plenty of plants that can be prepared for the season before; perennials can be trimmed up and put to bed; beds for other plants …
The rise of pediatrics as a specialty in the United States was in part a response to the devastating infant and child mortality due to unsanitary living conditions, contaminated milk, and inadequate and crowded housing, among many other problems.
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