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National Museum of Health and Medicine

WebOnce housed in downtown Washington, D.C., the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland houses a staggering 24 million medical …

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The Cult Roots of Health Food in America

WebPooneh Ghana for Gastro Obscura. “There’s a direct line between health food in L.A. from the 1960s and 70s to what the Source [Family] was doing to the Goop …

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Student Life at the First Medical College for Women

WebIn 1849—a year before WMCP opened— Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to earn a medical degree, from New York’s Geneva Medical College. Her initial …

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In 19th-Century America, Fighting Disease Meant Battling …

WebNineteenth-century doctors blamed miasma, a noxious form of “bad air,” and worried about the poisonous fumes and putrid smells of America’s growing cities. Back …

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The Long, Strange History of Medicinal Turpentine

WebTurpentine was supposed to be good for lungs and chest ailments. Wystan/CC BY 2.0. Turpentine is a common sight in hardware stores and art cabinets. …

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18 Abandoned Psychiatric Hospitals, and Why They Were …

WebHere are 18 places where you can explore the ghosts of psychiatric history. An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain. The …

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Why Daylight Saving Time Messes With Your Brain

WebHowever, exposure to light later into the evening for almost eight months during daylight saving time comes at a price. This extended evening light delays the …

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Abandoned Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital

WebThe hospital was closed down in the late 1970s, and was left to fall apart. In 1977, the Senator Garret W. Hagedorn Gero-Psychiatric Hospital, or “Hagedorn,” was …

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Why 'Punk Health' Foods Are Popular with China’s Youth

WebYou get the gist. For the last couple of years, a seemingly oxymoronic concept has been adopted by a broad cross-section of young, urban people in China. “Punk …

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Anoka State Hospital – Anoka, Minnesota

WebMattsRadShow/cc by 2.0. On the night of Halloween in the year 1949, a unique bonfire took place on the grounds of the Anoka State Hospital in Minnesota. …

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A Fetus Can Turn to Stone in Its Mother’s Body and Go

WebIn 1554, in the town of Sens, France, Colombe Charti went into labor. It was her first pregnancy, and she had carried the fetus close to term. But something went …

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Central State Hospital – Milledgeville, Georgia

Webtrumpus (Atlas Obscura User) The abandoned buildings of Central State Hospital, now in a state of neglect and decay, once comprised the largest mental health …

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The 19th-Century Woman’s Secret Guide to Birth Control

WebFamed abortionist Madame Restell, whose advertisements promised “preventative powders” to “the married ladies,” committed suicide in 1878 following …

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A Cultural Historian Explores an Old Mental Hospital, and Why …

WebSpirits Week. Rising 200 feet out of the hills of rural West Virginia, a clock tower looms over a vast and empty collection of buildings that once housed thousands of …

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The Former Battle Creek Sanitarium

WebWant to Visit? 326. danielr (Atlas Obscura User) Two imposing buildings in the center of Battle Creek went through waves of transformation, from a health resort to a …

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Jackson Sanatorium – Dansville, New York

WebAfter many failed attempts to reopen the health resort and hotel spa, the sanatorium was closed for good in 1971. The Jackson Sanatorium remains in Dansville, …

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The Long Tradition of Folk Healing Among Southern Appalachian …

WebChristian beliefs inform the practice of healing. Tennessee State Library and Archives. Indeed, one of the unique characteristics of Southern Appalachian folk magic …

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The 1977 Disability Rights Protest That Broke Records and …

WebIn cities across the United States that morning, similarly diverse groups assembled for the same reason: to picket the regional offices of the federal Department …

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The Collectors Who Hunt Down Radioactive Glassware

WebIn response to the school evacuation, 50 scientists signed a letter stating that Fiestaware “is among the most benign radioactive materials commonly found in the …

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Hindenburg Crash Site – Lakehurst, New Jersey

WebOn May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg disaster took the lives of 35 people and left in its wake some of the most shocking and captivating disaster footage and photos the …

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7 Spots to Explore New Jersey’s Horrors, Hauntings, and Hoaxes

Web1 Shades of Death Rd, Independence Township, NJ 07838. Open in Google Maps. The oddly named forest is great for hiking. Famartin/CC BY-SA 3.0. Park. 4. Jenny Jump …

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153 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in New Jersey

Web7 Spots to Explore New Jersey’s Horrors, Hauntings, and Hoaxes. In New Jersey, it can be difficult to separate fact from fiction. In 1909, newspapers published …

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