Florence Buchanan helped transform the study of the nervous system, yet no authenticated portrait of her was known until now.
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The inequality, stigma and eugenic thinking that led to their acquisition is often obscured or erased.
Hantavirus cruise ship passengers have left Perth quarantine. But how might quarantine affect them? History has some answers.
How a bedbound patient and a 73-page study changed the way doctors make decisions.
Diseases once thought confined to history are making a comeback in Australia. And vaccination is only part of the story.
To stop the spread of infectious diseases, governments need information and other resources that countries around the globe share through international organizations.
If you had your appendix out recently, does your insurer need to know? Different rules apply depending on the type of insurance. Here’s what you need to know.
We think the human body is fully mapped. In reality, anatomy is still incomplete, and shaped by who was studied, and who wasn’t.
Some of the ancients were obsessed with living beyond 100. Here’s how they thought they could do it.
Twenty years after the first face transplant, the procedure still carries profound unknowns about safety, identity and what it means to live in a stranger’s face.
Just because a therapy works in a hospital doesn’t mean in works in a wellness clinic, or is even safe.
Ancient writers, especially physicians, had plenty to say about genitals and their care.
The scientist who discovered Alzheimer’s disease died in a Nazi transit camp and was almost forgotten by history.
Here’s what the evidence says, and how they work overseas.
They battled scurvy, amputated limbs and treated deadly fevers, all while enduring the chaos of storms and warfare.
Cannabis for religious purposes, cocaine in wine and heroin for coughs. These are just some of the ways illicit drugs have been used throughout history.
Established to diagnose and treat women and girls for venereal diseases, this hospital lay at the heart of the notorious Glasgow System.
The idea that hearts carry feelings and memories is nothing new.
Sure, the ancients went on holidays for a rest and to cure illnesses. But they didn’t always come back healthy.
Embryologist Jean Purdy suffered from endometriosis and helped pioneer IVF.
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Lecturer - Women's Health; Pharmacology, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, King's College London
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Melissa Sweet is a Friend of The Conversation.
Independent journalist and health writer; Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney; Founder of Croakey.org. PhD candidate, University of Canberra
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Professor in Modern History and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, King's College London
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Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Director, News and Media Research Centre, University of Canberra
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Vice Dean, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Texas A&M University
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Emeritus Professor, Brunel University of London
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Research Project Manager, School of History, Queen Mary University of London
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Director, Unit for History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney