All posts tagged "medicine"
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28.0K1ConnecticutThe History of Epidemics in New England
The history of epidemics in New England teaches us that they arrive with terrifying swiftness. They also don’t get less lethal with...
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25.9K2MassachusettsThe Buzzards Bay Leper Colony: Tragic Exile
Around the turn of the 20th century, a terrifying new kind of immigrant arrived in Massachusetts: the sufferer of Hansen’s disease. A...
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19.1KCrime and ScandalThe Boon Island Cannibals of Maine
On a frosty New Year’s Day in 1711, the York County coroner was summoned to examine a frozen body discovered in a...
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9.7K1MaineCharles Shay, An Indian War Hero on Omaha Beach
Charles Shay, a 19-year-old Penobscot, landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day. Under heavy German fire, he bandaged the wounded and pulled drowning...
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9.5K2ConnecticutMore Revolutionaries Died in Prison Than on the Battlefield. A Lot More.
Late in 1776, the British army released thousands of revolutionaries imprisoned in New York. Their condition – starving, diseased, near death –...
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23.5KConnecticutThe Mysterious Moodus Noises of Connecticut
The mysterious Moodus noises in south central Connecticut for many years frightened the Puritan settlers. They weren’t alone. The Wangunk Indians had...
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