Population, Statistics and Census Taking in Portuguese America, 1750-1820

The transformation of German academic medicine 1750–1820

Yet these have made little difference to patient care, or to the lives of the workers, and have not solved the difficulties brought about by the tripartite structure. All that has been gained (including by Thatcher's use of the Maoist ideology of perpetual revolution) is an increase in the proportion of funds spent on administration: once an internationally lean figure of 5 per cent, this is no...

Doctoring Beauty: The Medical Control of Women's Toilettes in France, 1750–1820

On 4 September 1818 the Gazette de France reported on the tumultuous scenes occurring outside Parisian booksellers. The journalist was surprised to find crowds of people all demanding one book: I noticed many women in their carriages, who waited impatiently for the return of their husbands. .. they had their eyes fixed on the store, their necks craned, their arms outstretched; they grabbed rath...

The History of Wage Inequality in America , 1820 to 1970

Brought to bed. Childbearing in America, 1750-1950

Galen's physiological system was "completely lacking any scientific basis", and was in fact a "highly fanciful concept of bodily function". For Persaud, "Galen's death heralded a long era with a predictable outcome. Medicine, and the study of human anatomy in particular, languished in passive moribundity only to reach a climactic end in 1543 with the publication of De corporis humanifabrica. " ...

Digital Atlas of Portuguese America

This paper presents the Digital Atlas of Portuguese America (Atlas Digital da América Portuguesa), a project that produces an interactive map of South America claimed by the Portuguese between 1500 and 1808, giving a detailed account on the development and structure of this digital cartographic platform. The paper narrates the stages that the project went through and details the structure of in...