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the harvard undergraduate
history of science journal
Framing Madness: Robert Jones’s Moral Medicine and the Postpartum Mind
By Eunice Chon Note from the author: This close reading exercise was for HISTSCI 1770: Broken Brains: A Patient-Centered History, taught...
Harvard Synthesis
Sep 22
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Nineteenth-Century Islamic First Causal Reasoning with Darwin
Abstract In the late nineteenth century, Islamic intellectuals began engaging with Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. The three prominent...
Nils Peterson
Apr 19, 2021
Episode 1: Introduction
Mums the Word, with Marissa Diggs and Judy Durkin [Judy] Picture a birthing scene in just about any medical or family drama. The mother...
Mums the Word
Apr 16, 2021
Ignaz Semmelweis
In a world filled with germs and diseases, the simple act of handwashing can make a huge impact in preventing infection. Washing hands,...
Alexander Uy
Apr 12, 2021
Praising Preformationism:
An Acknowledgement of 18th Century Preformationist Contributions to the Field of Developmental Biology In 1590, Hans and Zacharias...
Colman Freel
Apr 5, 2021
The Giant Leap for Womankind that Had to Wait
On March 29, 2019, the 215th International Space Station (ISS) spacewalk took place. It was supposed to mark a significant first in the...
K. Stawasz
Mar 29, 2021
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