Today’s smartwatch health apps follow hundreds of years of people trying to measure and record health information. Ross MacFarlane shows how tracking health (and ill health), whether by the state or by the self, has a long and rich history, encompassing plagues, wars and consumerism.
About the author
Ross MacFarlane
(he/him)
Ross MacFarlane is a research development specialist at Wellcome Collection. He has researched, written and lectured on the collections and other topics at the intersection of death, folklore and medicine.