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Medicine

Toe Master Terry Lee with the bar's newest toe!

Someone Donated His Frostbitten Toe to a Canadian Bar

The legend of the Sourtoe Cocktail continues.

Evan Nicole Brown June 13, 2019

The roots of a tulip poplar, a common hardwood tree with medicinal properties.

How Civil War Plant Remedies Could Improve Modern Medicine

An old medical botanical guide offers new avenues for research.

Evan Nicole Brown May 23, 2019

The Gilded vectors of disease facade.

London, England

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Vectors of Disease Frieze

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

Cordyceps for sale at a high-end Chinese medicine store.

The Race to Cultivate China's Beloved 'Zombie Mushroom'

Used in traditional medicine, caterpillar fungus is pricey, potent, and increasingly scarce.

Isobel Whitcomb May 15, 2019

In the 1790 painting <em>Bhang Eaters Before Two Huts</em>, by Pemji, a group of men mix and consume bhang.

This British Colonial Report Offers a Rare Glimpse Into India's Historic Cannabis Cuisine

And a description of some very stoned canines.

Reina Gattuso May 9, 2019

Skull-Shaped Beer Steins Were Once Popular Graduation Gifts

They were part of a broader wave of adventurous stein-craft.

Matthew Taub May 3, 2019

London, England

Epstein's Medical Sculptures

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

A postcard advertising the stately and supposedly haunted Crescent Hotel, circa 1886.

Found: A Quack’s Medicine Bottles, Buried Behind a Haunted Hotel

Some of the vessels contain tissue samples, while others held a dubious "cancer cure."

Noor Al-Samarrai April 17, 2019

A close-up of an Alcock-style leech jar.

objects of intrigue

The Weirdly Ornate Jars Designed Just for Precious Leeches

Victorian leech jars were beautiful—if somewhat ineffective—vessels for keeping the worms alive and out of sight.

Sabrina Imbler April 11, 2019

A diagnostic doll reclines on a miniature couch.

objects of intrigue

Chinese Women Once Had to Point Out Their Medical Troubles on Ivory Dolls

For centuries, miniature ivory women helped real women seek medical help.

Sabrina Imbler March 27, 2019

What It's Like to Work in a Synthetic Cadaver Factory

Bodybuilding, for real.

Lizzie Philip March 25, 2019

A Glimpse Inside a Synthetic Cadaver Factory

Video • Object of Intrigue

Mysterious and Intricate 17th-Century Anatomical Manikins

Greek woman, early fourth century B.C.

To Conceive a Girl in Ancient Greece, Eat a Salad and Tie Your Right Testicle

Doctors wrote recipes to cure patients' ailments and determine the sex of their children.

Reina Gattuso March 7, 2019

The manuscript bound into the printed text.

Found: A Medical Manual Linking Medieval Ireland to the Islamic World

Knowledge transcends borders.

Noor Al-Samarrai March 6, 2019

The New Calton Burial Ground watchtower.

Edinburgh, Scotland

New Calton Cemetery Watchtower

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

Outside a Moorish cafe, Tunis, Tunisia, in the late-19th century, when coffee was still the dominant drink and tea was rare.

In 1930s Tunisia, French Doctors Feared a 'Tea Craze' Would Destroy Society

It was seen as a threat to colonial rule.

Nina Studer February 27, 2019

Anatomical collection at Tübingen University.

Tübingen, Germany

Steinkind von Leinzell

The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.