Members of the Media and Epidemics Research Network provide three vignettes illustrating the different ways 'Russian Flu' was reflected in media and literary culture.| the polyphony
Psychedelic Culture 2026 will explore cutting-edge themes that are largely absent from the mainstream psychedelic conversation, all related to our main initiatives: Indigenous Reciprocity & Decolonial Dialogues, Psychedelic Justice, Protection of Sacred Plants & Cultural Traditions, and Voices from the Global South.| NiCHE
Millions of people worldwide have reason to be thankful that Swedish engineer Rune Elmqvist decided not to practice medicine. Although qualified as a doctor, he chose to invent medical equipment instead. In 1949, while working at Elema-Schonander (later Siemens-Elema), in Stockholm, he applied for a patent for the Mingograph, the first inkjet printer. Its movable nozzle deposited an electrostatically controlled jet of ink droplets on a spool of paper. Rune Elmqvist qualified to be a physician...| IEEE Spectrum
If there is one thing that characterizes good history, it is transparency. Even if one objects to the intense focus on acknowledging diversity, equity, and inclusion over the past several years, erasing what you may not agree with is not the answer. The post Let’s Not Erase the History of Medical Ethics appeared first on The Hastings Center for Bioethics.| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Tucked away on the first floor of The Johns Hopkins Hospital is a room that looks closer to a 19th-century parlor than anything having to do with clinical care. The room is covered with patterned sofas, lamps and reading nooks. Littered around are books covering everything from women’s history and leadership to guides on physical examination.| Biomedical Odyssey
Does it matter that some eminent scientists and intellectuals have firmly believed in ‘psychic’ phenomena? Or should we just accept vocally dismissive statements on these matters by scientifically distinguished disbelievers? This is one of several questions I touched upon in my latest article, which I was invited to contribute to a thematic issue of the ... Read more The post Censoring William James first appeared on Forbidden Histories.| Forbidden Histories
When Francis Bacon – a key figure of the Scientific Revolution in Britain – travelled France as an adolescent, he was puzzled by a number of strange experiences. As mentioned in my video on Bacon’s views on “natural magic”, one such experience involved his dream which seemed to predict the unexpected death of his father ... Read more The post Warts and All: Francis Bacon’s Account of a Cure by “Sympathetic Magic” first appeared on Forbidden Histories.| Forbidden Histories
The National Humanities Center is pleased to announce the appointment of 31 Fellows for the 2024–25 academic year.| nationalhumanitiescenter.org
Tuesday 18th June 2024, International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Edinburgh. This is the third time, over the period of a decade that I have done a one-man, peaceful protest out…| Hole Ousia
16th June 2024 To: Dr Lade Smith, CBE, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Copied to: Dr Trudi Seneviratne, Registrar, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Professor Subodh Dave, Dean, Royal…| Hole Ousia
The processes designed to “soften” Upper Canada’s disease landscape—such as agriculture and settlement—were also tools of settler colonialism.| NiCHE
Note from Andrea: Check out this awesome resource guide we created in collaboration with Sean Carleton, Carolyn Podruchny, and Active History! By Sean Carleton, Andrea Eidinger, Carolyn Podruchny. We are living in unprecedented times, or so we are being told by many commentators, health experts, and politicians these days. Just last week, Dictionary.com| Unwritten Histories
As readers of this blog will surely know, the Wellcome Library and Wellcome Images hold one of the world’s great archives of historical medical and scientific images. Over the next few years …| Sick City Project