Medicine Story Briefs

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.

Wilhelm Conrad (Konrad) Roentgen (1845-1923) and his wife (Anna Bertha Roentgen) lived upstairs from the Physics Institute at the University of Wurzbu...

The American Hospital in Paris was actually located in the Parisian suburb ofNeuilly-sur-Seine. Injured troops, during WWI, were treated there by the ...

On Veterans Day, we honor those who served. Horrific facial injuries were a serious by-product of trench warfare during WWI. A developing area of medi...

Zachary Taylor, a war hero during the US/Mexican war, became America's 12th President.

Show tooltips