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Hay fever: An irritating history
By Carys Brown (@HistoryCarys) ‘About the beginning or middle of June in every year the following symptoms make their appearance, with a greater or less degree of violence. A sensation of heat and fulness is experienced in the eyes…until the sensation becomes converted into what may be characterized as a combination of the most acute…
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Reconsidering the History of Domestic Medicine
By Jennifer W. Reiss The history of American medicine often follows a declension/ascension narrative: it’s a teleology of medical progress dominated by professionalised and scientifically-minded male physicians of the nineteenth century bringing the light of modernity to backward-looking, female-dominated folk practice of earlier periods. Even comparable British scholarship on early modern medical history follows a…
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Call for Papers: Reconsidering Illness and Recovery in the Early Modern World
By Rachel Clamp (@racheljclamp) and Claire Turner (@_claire_turner_) With many conferences being cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19, Rachel Clamp (Durham University) and Claire Turner (University of Leeds) have decided to hold an online interdisciplinary conference. Their aim is to provide a space for scholars at all stages of their careers to discuss and share…
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