 | | | | Today In Health History Headlines | | | In Boston on this date in 1918, the first case of the second U.S. wave of deadly Spanish influenza occurred.
Alchemy, the medieval theory that base metals could be chemically changed into gold, was widely accepted until Antoine Laurent Lavoisier disproved the theory in the 18th century.
One of a small number of surgeons to win the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was born on this date in 1841.
Initial rumors about sweating sickness, or "sudor Angelicus," occurred on this date in 1485, in England.
Today is the birthday of the first physician to describe Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
On this date in 1913, Nobel Prize winner Roger Sperry was born in Hartford, Connecticut.
British physician Thomas Lodge dated a dedication to his "Treatise of the Plague" on this day in 1603.
A failed high blood pressure medication ended up being a top-selling over-the-counter treatment for male pattern baldness.
Next time you find yourself staring at the ceiling of your dentist's office, think of M. Waldo Hanchett.
King's College Medical School in New York, the first American medical school to award graduates the M.D. degree, was founded on this date in 1767.
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