Category Archives: Medicine
Article: Origin of Aspirin
The link below takes a look at the origin of aspirin and the terrible treatment of its inventor, Arthur Eichengrun.
For more visit:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/49294/retrobituaries-arthur-eichengr%C3%BCn-inventor-aspirin
Article: Gross Medicine
The link below is to an article that looks at some of the terrible treatments for illness and disease in history.
For more visit:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/31675/historys-grossest-medical-treatments
Article: US Civil War – Medical Advances
The link below is to an article reporting on medical advances made during the US Civil War.
For more visit:
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/135678
Article: History of Eating Corpses as Medicine
The link below is to an article on the history of eating corpses as medicine.
For more visit:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Gruesome-History-of-Eating-Corpses-as-Medicine.html
Article: English Grave Robbers
Stealing Bodies for Science
The article linked to below is an interesting one on grave robbing in England during the 18th century. What the grave robbers were after were bodies, so that medical students had something to dissect.
For more, visit:
http://thechirurgeonsapprentice.com/2012/03/06/grave-matters-the-body-snatchers-unearthed/