European medicinal leeches were famous for their popular purpose: treatment for everything from cancer to mental illness. But the high demand left them endangered—still today. Bloodletting ...

However, others lagged behind. The late 19th century had seen great strides in public health provision and hygiene. However, there was still a lot of ill health. In 1900, average life expectancy ...

This only made their health worse. An engraving depicting the interior of a Dorchester labourer's cottage in the early 19th century. Poor living conditions caused numerous health issues.

Created in the 19th century, the ball was billed by its creator ... "And this began to invoke worries and concerns among not just among public health people but also among the public." ...

To be fair, smallpox vaccination was far from perfectly safe in the late 19th century. Even Jenner himself ... One State Board of Health report called him “a monster in human form who desired ...

A recent study, published in the International Journal of Paleopathology, examined the skeletal remains of a child who lived in mid-19th-century France. The study revealed that the child had ...

During the 19th century, economic and industrial growth ... and the role of women in healthcare. Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) was a British nurse, statistician, and writer.

In the 19th century, physicians argued that Victorian hospitals offered modern, scientific care. But in Vienna, one doctor realized physicians were inadvertently ending the lives of their patients.