It's a mid-week special on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein with "Deeper Cut: Weird Tales, Birth Control, and the Mysterious Dr. Fouts" - a deep dive into advertising, Comstock laws, and the grim consequences of mail-order sex education.
Some #earlymodern remedies.
A set of #songs and #choruses from the Masque of #Mountebanks, where quack doctors vie with each other to sell cures every conceivable ailment...
This #Jacobean#masque was performed twice in London in 1618. First at #GraysInn, and then at the Banqueting House in Whitehall for King James I.
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of dark, knowing humor, Quackery recounts the lively, at times unbelievable, history of medical misfires and malpractices.
the journals #Aniki: Revista Portuguesa da Imagem em Movimento and #HoST - Journal of History of Science and Technology, both published with the support of the IHC, have been accepted for indexing by the #Scopus platform! 🥳🎊
You can't talk about Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM) without mentioning ME/CFS. The term PEM was created to describe the unique manifestation occurring in people with ME/CFS.
If you separate PEM from its history and origin, you perpetuate the stigma surrounding ME/CFS. We need visibility and spread of knowledge.
You can't talk about Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM) without mentioning ME/CFS. The term PEM was created to describe the unique manifestation occurring in people with ME/CFS.
If you separate PEM from its history and origin, you perpetuate the stigma surrounding ME/CFS. We need visibility and spread of knowledge.
Oh gosh, I've been doing research on a project that has to do with the myth of Asclepius, and I could use some help!
Asclepius was worshiped as a god of healing and healers by the ancient Greeks. His temples, the Asclepieions, were places people sought miraculous cures. His emblem, the rod of Asclepius, is even today the modern sign of doctors.
I've been trying to figure out what's the oldest known example of iconography (presumably a sculpture or a relief such is on a coin) that shows Asclepius with his staff and snake. Looking for leads with photos! Particularly looking for any examples older than 500 BCE. If anybody has any leads please let me know!