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The Life of a Medieval Doctor

WEBThe Life of a Medieval Doctor. Larry Holzwarth - September 16, 2019. A physician in medieval times lived a stressful existence, contending with the diseases and …

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Famous People Who Suffered during Historic Disease …

WEBDisease outbreaks swept every corner of the globe, changing populations and civilizations, often destroying whole cultures. They entered humble abodes and great castles and …

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Living Hell: New York’s Tenements were Nightmares in the Early …

WEBOuthouse interior. New York City Tenement House Department (c. 1902-1914). No known restrictions. Outhouses in the Backyard. Prior to New York City’s requirement that each …

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20 Great Historical Figures Who Struggled with Mental …

WEBMore to the point, even in the dark days of all mental illness being dismissed as madness, some of the greatest figures in history achieved great things whilst fighting untreated or …

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These 20 Historical Figures With Severe Mental

WEBHere follow twenty extremely influential historical figures that had to battle and overcome mental illness during their lives. Winston Churchill saluting the crowd in London. Evening …

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16 Medical Procedures and Devices from the Early 1900s …

WEBThe iron lung came into use during one of the nation’s worst polio outbreaks, beginning in the early 1950s. Image license Public Domain, Canada. by Conrad Poirier, courtesy of …

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Famous People With Schizophrenia And Other

WEB5. The Painter Of Starry Night May Have Had Schizophrenia. Vincent Van Gogh was a famous Dutch painter whose angry brushstrokes were immortalized in the famous Starry …

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The Craziest Cures & Health Fads from History

WEBBBC – The Weird History of Contraception. Best Glam Health and Lifestyle – Gladiator Sweat and Other Surprising Aphrodisiacs of the Ancient World. Carson, …

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Today I learned: Cornflakes Were Created to Stop People From …

WEBIn 1894 two brothers by the names of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and Will Keith Kellogg were running a sanitarium and health spa. The facility was located in Battle Creek, Michigan …

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8 Medical Practices From Medieval Times That Will Turn …

WEBTrepanning was one of the more gruesome medieval medical practices, but strangely enough it was one of the practices with a high survival rate. Trepanning was used to …

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Facts and Myths From the Life of Queen Elizabeth I

WEB9. FACT: She may have been all-powerful, but Elizabeth I was afraid of mice and terrified of being alone in the dark. As Queen of England, Elizabeth’s power might have been …

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20 Photos from the Tuskegee Syphilis Study

WEBThe USPHS collaborated with local physicians to restrict surviving patients from treatment, as it would contaminate the study data. National Archives Research subjects in the …

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The Unique Hygiene Habits of Our Founding Fathers

WEB1. George Washington believed in daily bathing for both hygiene and health. In his youth at Ferry Farm on the Rappahannock, George Washington “bathed” nearly every day during …

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16 Royals Who Suffered From Hereditary Mutations And Defects …

WEBJoanna of Castile. Portrait by Juan de Flandes, c. 1500 / Wikipedia. 2. Joanna of Castile Slept Beside Her Husband’s Corpse. Before Charles II, there was Joanna of Castile, the …

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The Extraordinary Life of Nina Simone was Tragic and Empowering

WEBLondon: Penguin, 2003. Nina Simone is one of the most important figures in 20th century music. From humble origins, she found great fame in the 1960s with her …

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16 Terrifying Facts About Mental Asylums in the Early 20th Century

WEB11. Workers Didn’t Wear Uniforms. While fiction has often portrayed asylum inmates posing as doctors or nurses, in reality, the distinction was often unclear. In a sadly true case of …

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Fritz Haber, the Monster Who Made the Modern World Possible

WEBFritz Haber was born in Prussia in 1868, into a well-off Jewish family. In the rapidly liberalizing Germany of his days, he was the first generation of Jews to lead their lives …

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38 Beliefs And Ways Of Life The Amish Strictly Follow

WEB13. Transportation Involves a Horse and Buggy. Perhaps the most iconic symbol of the Amish community is the horse and buggy. This image is because Amish people abscond …

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16 Examples of the Madness of Sir Isaac Newton

WEB1. He unwittingly poisoned himself with heavy metals. In the late seventeenth century Isaac Newton began experimenting with alchemy. Newton left roughly ten million words behind …

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