Olivia Campbell

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2021

Olivia is a writer covering women, medicine, and history. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, New York Magazine, Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, and Scientific American. Her first book, "Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine," will publish March 2, 2021.

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Medieval Pilgrims Apparently Tried to Ward Off the Plague With Bawdy Badges

Metal phalluses and vulvas were thought to protect against disease.

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