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New York, New York

New York Cancer Hospital

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.
objects of intrigue

The Victorian Tool for Everything From Hernias to Sex—a Vibrating Electric Belt

How a medical invention abused the electrotherapy fad.
Lauren Young July 12, 2016
objects of intrigue

The Man-Made Gut Stones Once Used to Thwart Assassination Attempts

Gilded Goa Stones couldn't cure poison, but they sure were beautiful.
Eric Grundhauser July 5, 2016
medicine

How Man-Midwives Armed With Rusty Forceps Shook Up Obstetrics

Men in the delivery room were not well received.
Ella Morton June 29, 2016
antarctic

Sick South Pole Workers Reach Chile After Daring Mid-Winter Rescue

They spent a long time in the air.
Erik Shilling June 23, 2016
medicine

A Mysterious Plague Doctor Is Haunting This English Town

It's a little worrisome.
Eric Grundhauser June 17, 2016
Members of World War II's 33nd Fighter Group attend a briefing in Ramitelli, Italy.
medicine

In the Early 1940s, the Red Cross Banned Black Blood Donors

Sometimes, the politics of who can give blood has less to do with medical limitations than cultural ones.
Cara Giaimo June 14, 2016
caves

The Nation’s First Tuberculosis Hospital Was Built Inside a Cave

Patients in Kentucky took their cures underground.
Ashley Bowen June 7, 2016
medicine

Veterinarians Remove Goldfish-Sized Tumor From Goldfish

He's feeling fine now.
Cara Giaimo June 1, 2016
science

Scientists Just Discovered a New Vulnerability in HIV

The hunt for a vaccine is heating up.
Erik Shilling May 18, 2016
sewers

Our Sewers Speak Volumes. These Robots Are Ready to Listen

Sewer robots named Mario and Luigi are collecting data to analyze our health.
Tao Tao Holmes May 12, 2016
A Vegetable Compound label, featuring the portrait that confused the world.
medicine

The First Woman to Put Her Face on Packaging Got Trolled Like Crazy

"You ought to feel solemn... that your face pervades the mind of the nation like a nightmare," wrote one early hater.
Cara Giaimo April 29, 2016
hospitals

Surgery's Open Secret: It Smells

The patient never knows what odors come from inside.
Sarah Laskow April 29, 2016
nuclear

All of Belgium Is Going to Get Iodine Pills in Case of a Nuclear Accident

Aging plants are an increasing concern.
Erik Shilling April 28, 2016
Scrubbing in, virtually.
medicine

Do You Have The Guts To Watch VR Surgery?

Hanging out in an operating room hundreds of miles away.
Cara Giaimo April 15, 2016
animals

Tailing an Overnight Doctor at New York's Busiest Animal ER

A sleepover with radioactive cats and malady-riddled French bulldogs.
Tao Tao Holmes April 12, 2016
wwi

Photo of the Week: The Nuns Who Went to WWI

In 1918, the Daughters of Charity were deployed to a hospital near the Italian Front.
Anika Burgess April 4, 2016
monkeys

The Untold Story of the World's First Monkey Face Transplant

In the mid 1980s, a medical resident attempted a then-untested procedure
Tao Tao Holmes March 25, 2016