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Is Anorexia a Modern, Culture-Bound Disorder?

by Lindsay Myers, MBA, MPH
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The universality and the origins of anorexia nervosa have been the subject of years of debate. Some argue that the eating... READ MORE →

Jury Still Out On After Effects of Concussion

by Lindsay Myers, MBA, MPH
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Controversy surrounding Postconcussion Syndrome (PCS) dates back to the 1800s. 150 years on, contention still surrounds the... READ MORE →

Dental Anxiety’s Past and Its Lucrative Future

by Lindsay Myers, MBA, MPH
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Dental horrors abound in literature, artwork, and dental museum exhibits. Throughout most of the world’s history, dentistry,... READ MORE →

Remembering Henry Molaison

by Dario Dieguez, Jr, PhD
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Henry Gustav Molaison (1926-2008) was perhaps the best-known and most studied patient in the history of neuroscience. Henry... READ MORE →

The Curious Case of Robert Ley’s Brain

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Six years ago, while researching the life of an American psychiatrist who studied the top Nazi leaders during their imprisonment... READ MORE →

Human Dissection, Part 2 – Murderers, Body Snatchers and Burkers

by Elizabeth Roberts, MA, CPC
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The history of medical students using human cadavers for dissection is a long and choppy one (no pun intended). Before Christianity,... READ MORE →

Human Dissection – From Galen to the Great Revelations of Andreas Vesalius

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Humans have been cutting open cadavers and dissecting corpses almost since the beginning of recorded human history. Ancient... READ MORE →

Extracting the Stone of Madness – The Search for the Cure to Insanity

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Both psychiatry and psychology have their roots in ancient practices and belief systems, which traced insanity back to the... READ MORE →

The Strangling Angel of Children – Birth of Endotracheal Intubation

by Elizabeth Roberts, MA, CPC
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Up until the beginning of the 1920’s in the United States and contemporarily in many parts of the world, diphtheria has... READ MORE →

From Haircuts to Hangnails – The Barber-Surgeon

by Elizabeth Roberts, MA, CPC
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Imagine your monthly beauty routine. Perhaps you go to the salon and get a manicure and pedicure, or to the hairstylist for... READ MORE →

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