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Tens of Thousands Were Treated for a Deadly Disease While Confined to Psychiatric Hospitals on These Two Venetian Islands
In the 19th and 20th centuries, San Servolo and San Clemente housed patients suffering from pellagrous insanity, a condition ...
A not-so-modern epidemic: what 17th-century nuns can teach us about coping with loneliness
Is loneliness a modern epidemic as we are so often told? Did people in the past suffer similar feelings of isolation? The ...
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Napoleon’s Fancy 19th-Century Sword Just Sold for More Than $5 Million
The 19th century got off to a fairly good start for Napoleon Bonaparte. Victory over the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo led to a peace deal with Emperor Francis II, and by 1802 France had ...
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19th century shipwreck discovered off Australian coast highlights once common maritime ‘side hustle’
The wreck captures a tragic moment in maritime history during the 19th century Australian gold rushes. The 800-ton sailing ship was beginning its journey back to the Netherlands in June 1857 when ...
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FDA greenlights first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease in the US
The FDA said the results of the newly cleared blood test must be assessed in conjunction with other clinical information from a patient. “Alzheimer’s disease impacts too many people, more than ...
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8-year-old kid with a metal detector stumbles upon a 19th century shipwreck
They are also reportedly reviewing 19th-century insurance requirements for ships, which could provide clues about the vessel’s identity and when it sank. Those documents outline specifications ...
Philippine Daily Inquirer23d
19th century elections
Municipal elections were far different in the Spanish colonial period. In 1985, the late Glenn Anthony May, a historian of the Philippines, teased the civic ritual from 19th-century archival documents ...
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A 19th century Sitka clan house, once slated for demolition, will be restored
If you peer underneath the house, you’ll see charred wood nestled next to newer lumber – evidence of a 1953 fire that damaged parts of the 19th-century structure. The house is called Kaxátjaa Hít, or ...
The New York Times26d
R.W. GILDER DIES OF HEART DISEASE; Editor of The Century Passes Away Suddenly at the Schuyler Van Rensselaer Home. ILL FIRST TWO WEEKS AGO Suffered a Slight Attack While Giving ...
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...
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New revelations on sword manufacture in 19th-century Dahomey, West Africa
Swords 1 to 6 have been identified as 19th century Dahomean swords and sword 7 is a European cutlass or couteau de chasse dated to the second half of the 18th century. Credit: Heritage (2025). DOI ...
USA Today26d
Even when you don't have TB symptoms, this century-old test can still detect the disease.
Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million ... "TB skin tests have been used in medicine for over a century," says Doyle. The skin test is administered by a healthcare ...