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Pachuca de Soto, Mexico

Plaza Aniceto Ortega del Villar

The heart of Pachuca's small museum district pays tribute to a unique figure of Hidalguense history.
Farmacia Juanse is a window into a lost world
Madrid, Spain

Farmacia Juanse

A window into a long-lost world, these colorful tiles advertise a long-defunct range of purgative teas, harmless smokables, and diarrhea cures.
Staff Nurse Elizabeth Rothery Memorial
Myrtleford, Australia

Staff Nurse Elizabeth Rothery Memorial

Dedicated to the 63 local women who served the country during World War I.
Courtesy of University of Haifa
hospitals

Podcast: Medical Clowning Program

If you ask these clowns, laughter really is the best medicine.
The Podcast Team January 5, 2023
A veterinary technician examines a falcon.
Doha, Qatar

Souq Waqif Falcon Hospital

A state-of-the-art medical facility dedicated to treating beloved birds of prey.
film locations

Podcast: Medfield State Hospital

This abandoned institution welcomes visitors, just don't go inside.
The Podcast Team December 7, 2022
Yakuso-Jinshi - Hippocratic Shrine.
Kyoto, Japan

Yakuso-Jinshi - Hippocratic Shrine

An ancient Greek physician is honored as a god at this hole-in-the-wall shrine.
Stonestreet Museum
Rockville, Maryland

Stonestreet Museum of 19th Century Medicine

This one-room doctor's office has been moved twice, and now lives on as a museum.
Massachusetts General Hospital Sundial
Boston, Massachusetts

Massachusetts General Hospital Sundial

Designed to honor all those that work as nurses around the globe.
Tuberculosis—or consumption, as it was known in the 1800s—was often associated with vampirism. Those suffering from the disease grew pale and weak, as seen in this photomontage from 1858.
vampires

The Real-Life Vampire Autopsies of the Victorian Era

When medicine and folklore collide, strange things happen.
April White October 14, 2022
science

Is the Silence of the Great Plains to Blame for 'Prairie Madness'?

A new study suggests the soundscape could have affected the mental health of 19th-century settlers.
James Gaines July 22, 2022
Copenhagen, Denmark

Martha and Marie

Long before ultrasounds and modern testing, medical specimens like these conjoined twins helped physicians learn about congenital anomalies.
Full shot of Headstone.
Kilmun, Scotland

Elizabeth Blackwell's Grave

The first woman in America to receive a medical degree.
A mountain gorilla in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.
animals

Wildlife Vets Trek Through Mud and Mist to Care for Rwanda's Gorillas

The dedicated team's work includes life-saving interventions for the critically endangered animals.
Lola Méndez June 23, 2022
A bottlenose dolphin in the Red Sea near the southern Israeli coastal city of Eilat.
science

Dolphins in the Red Sea May Use Coral to 'Self-Medicate'

Scientists observing a pod in the wild think the animals may choose specific species for a skin care wellness routine.
Ashley Stimpson June 7, 2022
islands

Podcast: The Livestock Living at the End of the World

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team May 26, 2022
Vendor Mónica Adriana Quimbayo has sold herbs and other plants at her stall in Plaza Samper Mendoza since she was 16.
science

This Bogotá Market Comes Alive Only at Night, Full of Ancient Plant Lore and Astonishing Biodiversity

Farmers and foragers set up at sunset to sell hundreds of species valued in traditional medicine and ritual.
María Paula Rubiano A. May 25, 2022
Tansy (left) and pennyroyal were two toxic herbs used in the 19th century to induce abortions.
medical museums

The 19th-Century Woman's Secret Guide to Birth Control

Shared books, homemade concoctions, and a whisper network thwarted Gilded Age efforts to limit women’s access to health care.
Emily Cataneo April 22, 2022