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the harvard undergraduate
history of science journal
Hua Tuo and the Origins of Surgery in Ancient China
When we look at the history of medicine and surgery, several figures stand out as exemplary. For much of recorded history, works from the...
Nicholas Sze
Mar 25, 2022
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Hua Tuo and the Origins of Surgery in Ancient China
When we look at the history of medicine and surgery, several figures stand out as exemplary. For much of recorded history, works from the...
Nicholas Sze
Mar 25, 2022
Cardano’s Demons: Renaissance Demonology and Divination
A cursory glance at his autobiography reveals Girolamo Cardano (1501-1576) to have been a man interested in many - sometimes unorthodox -...
John Schaefer
Apr 26, 2021
Nineteenth-Century Islamic First Causal Reasoning with Darwin
Abstract In the late nineteenth century, Islamic intellectuals began engaging with Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. The three prominent...
Nils Peterson
Apr 19, 2021
Episode 1: Introduction
Mums the Word, with Marissa Diggs and Judy Durkin [Judy] Picture a birthing scene in just about any medical or family drama. The mother...
Mums the Word
Apr 16, 2021
Ignaz Semmelweis
In a world filled with germs and diseases, the simple act of handwashing can make a huge impact in preventing infection. Washing hands,...
Alexander Uy
Apr 12, 2021
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