Whitfield’s ointment

Homei A, Worboys M. Fungal Disease in Britain and the United States 1850–2000: Mycoses and Modernity. Chapter 2: Athlete’s foot: a disease of...

From special to standard

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Bipolar disorder

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Colonoscopy and endoscopy

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Bilious pills: the ‘take two aspirins’ of their era harmed more...

Touted as a universal cure, these mercury-heavy concoctions would come to symbolise both the ambition and the blind spots of early American medicine.