#medical history

Stories tagged “medical history” in the Weird Science History archive — 13 stories connected by this topic.

• The Mechanical Horse That Trotted So You Didn't Have To — and the Doctor Who Invented the Gym Machine
• The Engineer Who Built a Flip Table to Shake a Gold Coin Out of His Own Windpipe
• From a Lion-Headed Throne to the Cochlear Implant: A Short History of the Hearing Aid
• The Surgeon So Fast He Supposedly Killed Three People With One Amputation
• The Rescue Kits That Tried to Revive the Drowning by Blowing Smoke Up Their Backsides
• From a Milkmaid's Blisters to mRNA: A Short History of the Vaccine
• The Doctor Who Discovered Handwashing — and Was Locked Away for It
• The Rolled-Up Paper That Became the Stethoscope
• The Student Who Drank Vomit to Prove Yellow Fever Wasn't Contagious
• The Summer 400 People Couldn't Stop Dancing
• The Surgeon Who Threaded a Tube Into His Own Heart
• The Two Vacuum Cleaners That Learned to Breathe
• When Doctors Recommended Cigarettes

Related topics: #self-experimentation #1920s #anesthesia #germ theory #Isambard Kingdom Brunel #Nobel Prize #obstetrics #public health