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brain collections

The Neurologists Who Fought Alzheimer's By Studying Nuns' Brains

The 30-year partnership between convents and brain researchers has been unexpectedly rewarding.

Natalie Zarrelli March 24, 2016

These people have presumably eaten too much darnel.

Wheat's Evil Twin Has Been Intoxicating Humans For Centuries

Darnel is poisonous, but in small enough doses can give food a special kick.

Sarah Laskow March 22, 2016

Bile beans, looking simply delicious.

Bile Beans, the Incognito Laxative That Claimed to Be a Cure-All

Thanks to unabashed false advertising, this 20th-century patent medicine survived lawsuits and eight decades of medical advancements.

Cara Giaimo March 11, 2016

photo of the week

Photo of the Week: The Healing Power of Crimean Mud Baths

Attendants at a Black Sea resort would carefully cake patients in mud from neck to toe.

Anika Burgess March 7, 2016

The Protein That Might Be Cancer's Undoing

Scientists say they've discovered cancer's "Achilles heel."

Erik Shilling March 4, 2016

crime and punishment

The Criminal Origins of a Better Erection

In the 1920s, a prison doctor did some very bad things

Jessica Pishko February 26, 2016

medical museums

Opium Soaked Tampons Were the Midol of Ancient Rome

Urvija Banerji February 19, 2016

The Scandalous Decision to Pickle Admiral Horatio Nelson in Brandy

Romie Stott February 19, 2016

The Museum of Pathological Anatomy of the University of Florence

Florence, Italy

University of Florence Museum of Pathological Anatomy

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

How Thalidomide Went From Medical Disaster to Miraculous Cancer Treatment

Natalie Zarrelli January 18, 2016

Statue of G.V. Black in Lincoln Park, Chicago, erected in 1918

Chicago, Illinois

The Grand Old Man of Dentistry

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

Some vintage menthol at the Pfefferminzmuseum

Eichenau, Germany

Pfefferminzmuseum (Peppermint Museum)

This small town in Germany was once a center of peppermint production, and has the museum to prove it.

Need a Chill Pill? Here's a Recipe from the 19th Century

Jaya Saxena January 4, 2016

How to Raise a 165-Year-Old Cat

Bacon, champagne, and 3D movies? Why one Texas man thinks he's uncovered an unlikely formula for feline longevity.

Christina Couch December 15, 2015

objects of intrigue

Object of Intrigue: London’s Life-Saving, Publicly Accessible Enema Kits

Ella Morton December 1, 2015

Termites

The Unexpected Origins of Fecal Transplants: Termites

Kaitlin Stack Whitney November 11, 2015

A view of an Amazon tributary in Peru.

The 25-Year Battle For a Folk Remedy from the Rainforest to Gain FDA Approval

Damaris Colhoun November 9, 2015

The cemetery at the Hansen's Disease Museum

Carville, Louisiana

National Hansen's Disease Museum

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.