Doctors in skeptical Scotland had to persuade the courts to listen to them, in part because of the historical animosity between the professions of law and medicine.

Nineteenth-century opponents of vivisection warned that the practice could make researchers and physicians callous toward all living creatures.

To be taken seriously as physicians, women doctors in nineteenth-century Britain felt the need to distinguish themselves from others of their gender.

When medical professionals joined anti-vice campaigners to censor publications about sex in the 1800s, they found themselves wielding a double-edged sword.

The introduction of formal peer review to journals aided medical doctors in their quest to bring more scientific rigor to their field.

In the late 1800s, doctors in German-speaking countries were having trouble agreeing on one simple thing: whether to wear gloves during surgery.

Many people facing the end of their life receive treatments that ultimately have no benefit. A team of researchers set out to find out why.

For many science-obsessed Victorians, X-rays were not just a fun novelty, but a potential miracle cure.

Two experts in bioethics have curated a reading list of over 20 JSTOR sources on selected issues like: gene-editing, research and treatment, reproduction, disability, genetics, genealogy and race.

In the 1920s, Harlem’s population was growing quickly. A wide variety of “magico-religious workers” emerged to respond to the community’s needs.