The long-promoted transcontinental eventually went through Chicago, but St. Louis interests pushed hard to be a railroad ...

By Malika Cox, for The Mountain TimesThe warmer months are upon us, generously gifting us with bountiful sunshine! It’s that time of year where the daylight sticks around longer and provides an ...

Disease killed 6 percent of the city's population and a fire that started on the landing destroyed 15 blocks that disastrous ...

A teacup owned by a medical officer who guided Goole through two outbreaks of cholera is among 200 objects on show An early ...

I walk into the Rumsey Collection for the third and possibly final time in my Stanford career. The collection houses some 150 ...

Some towns wear their history lightly, like a comfortable sweater, while others carry it like chains that rattle in the night. Mineral Point, Wisconsin, definitely falls into the latter category, and ...

SIR GEORGE JOHNSON has held for years, as is well known, very strong views as to the treatment of cholera, and the above little volume, with its seventy-eight pages, is devoted to an elaborate ...

From stone spouts to cast-iron mains, Nepal’s water system and its struggle to provide safe water tells a larger story of power, disease, dependency — and lessons for the future. From 1823 to 1891, ...

ABSTRACT: Fluid therapy has evolved dramatically from its origins in 17th-century blood transfusion experiments to sophisticated, modern, perioperative fluid management protocols. This comprehensive ...

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Keenly on Lookout for First Symptoms of the Dread Disease. During the past two weeks there has been a serious outbreak of hog cholera in the vicinity of Springfield. Some 50 cases have been reported, ...

August 15, 1852 - Rebecca Winters was on a trip westward after fleeing religious persecution when Cholera struck. She died August 15 near Scottsbluff. Rebecca was buried in the prairie, her grave ...