In her upcoming Nauenberg History of Science Lecture, World Wounds: The Damming of the Nile River and the Transformation of ...

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 ...

Medicine in the Islamic World has a long history of textual production and practical adaptations, from the Canon of Ibn Sina the Comprehensive Medical Casebook of al-Razi, up to medicine today. Come ...

Introduction : heroes and villains in the history of medicine -- The fabricated body : history of anatomy -- Interrogating life : history of physiology -- Science of suffering : history of pathology - ...

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