Understanding human anatomy, and how to diagnose and treat illnesses, has changed dramatically from ancient to modern times. This collection features people whose medical breakthroughs helped to save millions of lives.
After Pasteur and his team developed a very effective rabies vaccine, scientists turned their research-attention elsewhere. Rabies, however, still kil...
In the ancient world, including Greeks and Romans, physicians believed that the human body was comprised of four different "humors." If those humors w...
Words describing rabies, going back to ancient times, are all based on fear. It is a disease from which people die if they develop symptoms.
Nuclear energy makes radiation, which can make living things sick or even kill them.
Nuclear energy creates radiation, which can make living things sick or even kill them.
The sailors sent to repair the leak suffer from radiation sickness and many of them die.
Rasputin treats Alexei's hemophilia and becomes a trusted, close advisor to the Romanov family.
Rasputin treats Alexei's hemophilia and becomes a trusted, close advisor to the Romanov family.
Webster's familyreceives help from a most unlikely source after his trip to the gallows - Dr. Parkman's widow.
The Carpathia rescues survivors of the Titanic.
The secrecy around Area 51, a U.S. base in Nevada, makes it the focus ofconspiracy theoriesand a central part of UFO folklore.
Ultimately Jews become scapegoats during the medieval plague; 2,000 burn to death in Strasbourg on Valentine's Day, 1349.
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