The Appearance of "Bastard" Children and the Power of the Maternal Imagination in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period [0.03%]
中世纪和近代早期私生子的出现及母性想象的力量
Alessandra Foscati
Alessandra Foscati
The belief in the power of the imagination of parents, and especially of the mother, to influence the features of the foetus has been widespread since ancient times. The first reference is in Genesis 30:25-43. It tells the story of how Jaco...
A necessary compromise: mainstreaming traditional birth attendants (Iya Abiye) into colonial maternal healthcare in Ibadan, c.1930 - c.1960 [0.03%]
必要性的妥协:约1930至1960年殖民地母性医疗在伊巴丹接纳传统接生员(伊亚阿比业)
Folaranmi Flourish Olorunnibe,Enocent Msindo
Folaranmi Flourish Olorunnibe
The colonial project was both parasitic and extractive. Its resource extraction imperative depended on maintaining a reservoir of cheap labour, whose supply required that they encourage and sustain high birth rates in the colonies. Maternal...
"A microcosm of every other issue": How Social Workers Recognized and Responded to the Needs of HIV-affected Families with Children in Britain, 1981-1997 [0.03%]
“百端待举,首在识病”:英国社会工作者如何认识并回应1981至1997年间受艾滋病影响的家庭及其儿童的需求问题
Hannah J Elizabeth
Hannah J Elizabeth
This article tracks the emergence of specific social work policies and practices designed to meet the needs of HIV-affected families with children. The article outlines the tense atmosphere into which HIV-related family social work emerged....
David S Jones
David S Jones
In 1964 Bombay surgeon P.K. Sen proposed a new operation for coronary artery disease. His "snake heart" procedure (or "transmyocardial acupuncture") sought to restore a reptilian form of circulation to the human heart. Despite its peculiar ...
Chinese-Iranian Medical Exchanges During the Yuan Dynasty: A Historical Perspective [0.03%]
元朝时期的中国与伊朗医学交流:历史视角
Ehsan Doostmohammadi
Ehsan Doostmohammadi
The Yuan dynasty marked the period of medieval China's most frequent foreign exchanges. After the establishment of the four great khanates of the Mongol Empire, the Yuan dynasty maintained close relations with the Ilkhanate, which became kn...
Animal Trauma and the Creation of a Rinderpest Epidemic in German East Africa [0.03%]
动物应激与东非牛瘟的流行爆发
Thaddeus Sunseri
Thaddeus Sunseri
In 1912 officials in German East Africa reported that rinderpest, the most feared cattle scourge, had invaded for the first time since the 1890s African panzootic. This acknowledgment launched an expensive vaccination campaign and the creat...
Epidemic times: epidemic ontologies and temporalities in medieval islamic medicine [0.03%]
疫病时代:中世纪伊斯兰医学中的疫病本体与时间性
Ahmed Ragab
Ahmed Ragab
Recent scholarship on the Black Death has uncovered crucial new insights into the disease and its spread, and has charted ways for historians to collaborate with the biological sciences. However, this approach has emphasized the primacy of ...
Defense and disaster medicine: civil contingencies and natural disasters in Swedish civil defense [0.03%]
防卫与灾医:瑞典平民防务中的民事应急和自然灾害
Fredrik Bertilsson
Fredrik Bertilsson
As in many other countries, Swedish defense during the Cold War was primarily organized around the perceived threat of war, including the potential use of nuclear weapons. This article shifts attention from such scenarios to the ways in whi...
The Long History of Misconduct on the Medical Licensing Examination in the United States [0.03%]
美国医学执照考试长期作弊问题简史
David Alan Johnson
David Alan Johnson
A written examination for medical licensure developed in nearly every state in the late nineteenth century. Cheating behaviors (e.g., copying, test proxies, attempted pre-access) emerged soon after. State medical boards adopted mechanisms t...
Anesthesia in Victorian Canada: surgical accidents, risk, and safety [0.03%]
维多利亚时代的加拿大麻醉学:外科手术事故、风险与安全措施
J T H Connor
J T H Connor
The process of inhalation anesthesia was one of several Victorian innovations that transformed surgery. Its uptake in Canada from the 1840s to the early 1900s affords insights into situating attitudes towards surgical accidents, risk, and s...