The cause of the disease also determines whether pneumonia is contagious or not. The viral forms of it that are most ...

In the 19th century, diseases that are relatively uncommon today were major causes of death in the United States. Infectious diseases such as cholera, dysentery, and tuberculosis, often referred ...

Share on Pinterest Victorian workers were exposed to new problems and diseases. During the 19th century, the way that people were living and working was changing dramatically. These changes ...

But for many 19th-century doctors and patients, that was how they knew the treatment was working. At the time, many doctors still believed in the humoral theory of disease, dating back to ...

In 1746, at the London Lock Hospital, the first treatment for venereal disease was made available for those who sought help. In the second half of the 19th century, the Contagious Diseases Act was ...

The preserved heart of a holy French woman from the 19th century intrigued scientists after they found the relic showed no signs of the heart disease that supposedly afflicted her. Some church ...