Stories
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Beating the bodysnatchers
When a rise in grave robbing called for strong measures, mortsafes became the unassailable solution. Allison C. Meier explores.
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The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
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Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
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Intelligence testing, race and eugenics
Specious ideas and assumptions about intelligence that were born during the great flourishing of eugenics well over 100 years ago still inform the British education system today, as Nazlin Bhimani reveals.
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Proceedings of the Philadelphia County Medical Society - Vol.8 (Session of 1887).
Philadelphia County Medical Society.Date: 1888- Books
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Presidential Address, Philadelphia County Medical Society, 1888.
Cohen, J. Solis (Jacob Solis), 1838-1927.Date: 1888- Books
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Medical education : the annual discourse before the Philadelphia County Medical Society : delivered December 29, 1852 / by the president, Samuel Jackson.
Jackson, Samuel, 1787-1872.Date: 1853- Books
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Address before the Philadelphia County Medical Society : delivered February 11, 1863 / by Alfred Stillé.
Stillé, Alfred, 1813-1900.Date: 1863- Books
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The organizing of the American Medical Association : read before the Philadelphia County Medical Society, Feb., 1852 / by the President, Samuel Jackson.
Jackson, Samuel, 1787-1872.Date: 1852