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Anna Morandi Manzolini on Revolutionising Anatomy with Lifelike Wax Models
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Continue reading →: Anna Morandi Manzolini on Revolutionising Anatomy with Lifelike Wax ModelsAnna Morandi Manzolini revolutionised 18th-century medical education through meticulously crafted wax anatomical models, dissecting over 1,000 cadavers while making groundbreaking discoveries about sensory organs. Despite institutional bias denying her deserved university positions, this Bologna-based scientist created permanent teaching tools that prefigured today’s digital medical education innovations.
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Continue reading →: Salt and ChampagneDover, England – 6th August 1926 Part I: The Arrival The marble beneath my bare feet felt colder than the Channel waters I’d conquered fourteen hours before. Each step through the Grand Hotel’s lobby sent tremors up my salt-crusted legs, and I pulled the borrowed overcoat tighter round my shoulders,…
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Continue reading →: To Her in Maine, 1942Corporal Robert NelsonCommunications OfficerSignal Corps Unit 47APO 512, c/o PostmasterNew York, New York 15th October 1942 My Dearest Martha, I find myself writing to you in the peculiar hush that settles over the barracks after evening mess, when the usual cacophony of voices and wireless static fades into something approaching…
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Trota of Salerno on Gender Bias in Medieval Medicine: The Pioneering Gynecologist Erased from History
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Continue reading →: Trota of Salerno on Gender Bias in Medieval Medicine: The Pioneering Gynecologist Erased from HistoryMedieval physician Trota of Salerno revolutionised women’s healthcare with groundbreaking treatments for childbirth, fertility, and cosmetics. Her influential work “On Treatments for Women” shaped European medicine for centuries, yet her identity was erased when male scholars attributed her contributions to mythical figures, exemplifying systematic erasure of women’s medical knowledge.
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Continue reading →: ThreadsGowrie House, Perth, Scotland – 5th August 1600 The embers in the great kitchen hearth had died to mere whispers of warmth when I rose this morning, my bare feet finding the familiar cold stones in the darkness before dawn. Three years I have walked these flagstones, and still they…
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Continue reading →: To Him in Idaho, 1941Brookings High School, 530 Elm Ave, Brookings, South Dakota15th October 1941 My Dearest Walter, Oh, what torment you have unleashed upon this poor prairie schoolmistress! Here I sit, supposedly marking arithmetic papers, yet my treacherous mind refuses to contemplate anything beyond your last letter—that magnificent epistle which has quite undone…
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Clara Immerwahr on Science, Morality, and the Price of Silent Complicity: An Interview with Chemistry’s First Female German Doctorate
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Continue reading →: Clara Immerwahr on Science, Morality, and the Price of Silent Complicity: An Interview with Chemistry’s First Female German DoctorateTrailblazer Clara Immerwahr reflects on her pioneering scientific achievements, moral anguish over weaponised chemistry, and the suffocating sexism that stifled her career. Her story is a sharp challenge to modern science: pursue truth, but never at the cost of conscience. Her life and death warn us—science without ethics is surrender.
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Read Before You Like: A Writer’s Plea for Depth in the Age of Digital Speed
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Continue reading →: Read Before You Like: A Writer’s Plea for Depth in the Age of Digital SpeedResearch shows that 75% of shared content on social media is not read before sharing, highlighting a crisis in engagement and understanding. Shallow interactions driven by algorithms undermine thoughtful discourse, contributing to misinformation. Writers must advocate for meaningful engagement, while readers should prioritise depth over distraction to foster authentic communication…
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Continue reading →: TestamentGrassington, West Riding of Yorkshire, England – 4th August 1914 I finish my work at the forge as the summer sun begins its slow descent behind the limestone crags of the Yorkshire Dales. The familiar ache in my shoulders feels good—honest work, Father always says, and I’ve spent the afternoon…
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Continue reading →: To Her in Oklahoma, 19401247 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Michigan15th November, 1940 My Dearest Grace, The autumn wind carries more than fallen leaves through these Michigan streets tonight—it bears with it whispers that have reached even the corridors of River Rouge, whispers that suggest our correspondence has become a matter of local curiosity. I find…
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