Cristina Roccati graduated from the University of Bologna when few other Italian women earned degrees, and she taught physics ...

Rickets is a disease seen in children caused by severe vitamin D deficiencies, according to the study. Archaeologists can detect rickets in human remains because the disease “impairs the ...

Well into the late 19th century, the U.S. retail sector was overwhelmingly ... is unusual compared to the country's European counterparts. Domestic consumption plays an outsized role in driving ...

The industrialization of France — split in two phases between 1830 and 1914 — brought about advances in biology, public health, chemistry, pharmacy and medicine ... late 18th to early 19th ...

it was only in the middle of the 19th century that Beecham became involved in the industrial production of medicine, producing patented medicine from 1842, and the world’s first factory for ...

Tuberculosis (TB) cases rose 13 per cent in England last year, with increases among both immigrants and people born in the UK ...

A 15th Century manuscript containing ... that was common right up until the late 19th century. Medieval cures frequently blurred the line between magic and medicine. Many manuscripts contain ...

Its use as a medicine is evidenced by ancient Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, and Arabic medical reports." Mercury's use continued during the Industrial Revolution, which began in the UK in the 18th century ...

The European powers are no less determined to ... The mineral was traditionally used to wash and dye clothing, but in the late 19th century it was discovered to have properties vital for the ...

From ancient rituals to modern dispensaries, cannabis has woven itself into the fabric of human culture, evolving into a ...