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    Maude Callen: Nurse-Midwife provided medical care to the poorest in her community
    Dana Rovang
    • Feb 15
    • 4 min
    Black History

    Maude Callen: Nurse-Midwife provided medical care to the poorest in her community

    In the mid-twentieth-century American South, Black women had limited access to medical services and maternal care. Many gave birth at...
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    NIELS STENSEN: MEDICI PHYSICIAN AND FATHER OF MODERN GEOLOGY
    Michael Gott
    • Nov 22, 2021
    • 4 min
    History of Science

    NIELS STENSEN: MEDICI PHYSICIAN AND FATHER OF MODERN GEOLOGY

    Used Shark Teeth to Argue for Sedimentation in Rock Creation Niels Stensen (or, Nicolas Steno, 1638-1686) was a Danish anatomist who...
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    FRANCISCA ROJAS: GUILTY BY FINGERPRINT
    Julia Chen
    • Nov 22, 2021
    • 3 min
    History of Science

    FRANCISCA ROJAS: GUILTY BY FINGERPRINT

    First use of Forensic Fingerprinting in Buenos Aries, Argentina Fingerprinting was first used as a means of perpetrator identification in...
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    Hanaoka Seishu
    Michael Gott
    • Nov 22, 2021
    • 3 min
    History of Medicine

    Hanaoka Seishu

    Surgeon Developed General Anesthesia in Edo, Japan Hanaoka Seishu is the first person on record to have performed a successful surgery...
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    Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, Medal of Honor Recipient
    Herbert Wignall
    • Nov 22, 2021
    • 3 min
    Women's History

    Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, Medal of Honor Recipient

    Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919) was born on a farm in Oswego, New York in November 1832. She attended Syracuse Medical College,...
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    Dr. Gustavus Katterfelto and his "Live Insects"
    Dana Rovang
    • Nov 22, 2021
    • 2 min
    Magicians

    Dr. Gustavus Katterfelto and his "Live Insects"

    In 1781-82, an influenza pandemic swept through Europe. A scientific lecturer and magician, Gustavus Katterfelto, had recently arrived to...
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    Valentine Greatrakes and the Year of Wonders
    Dana Rovang
    • Nov 19, 2021
    • 2 min
    History of Science

    Valentine Greatrakes and the Year of Wonders

    In 1666, Great Britain was hit with an outbreak of the plague, the Great Fire of London, and it survived an attack by the Dutch. This...
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