Sixteenth-century woodcuts often depict young men wearing striped doublets or striped hose. When historian of science Tillmann Taape embarked on a...
As well as telling us more about earlier societies, the study of diseases in the past is proving an invaluable tool for modern science, as a new book...
Sperm will take centre stage at a conference in Cambridge later this week as researchers from a wide range of disciplines gather to consider the...
Born 500 years ago, Andreas Vesalius has iconic status in the history of science. Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library holds several copies of the remarkable...
For much of the 20th century, health professionals were locked in debate about one possible cause of paralytic polio. Some argued that the viral...
