October 4, 2022

Irish Surgeon Becomes America’s Leading Body Snatcher

A 40-year-old man was taken to Saint Steevens's Hospital today after being thrown by a horse and, upon landing, hitting his head on a wall 18 days ago. Dr. Samuel

August 6, 2022

Feuding Founders of First US Medical School

The early years of the nation’s first medical school did not go smoothly. Not at all. The medical school, now the Perelman School of Medicine, was founded under the auspices

January 31, 2022

When the Publick Rose Up Against Its Doctors, Part 2

Ah, the contemptible Mr. Hicks. Little is known about John Hicks, the perpetrator of the act that led to the Doctor’s Riot of 1788. Hicks is said to have looked