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Research paper thumbnail of A Little Seasoning Would Aid in the Digestion of Our Factums": Wit, Evidence, and the Evolving Form of Medical Debate in New Orleans, 1853–1868

Bulletin of the History of Medicine

Research paper thumbnail of Covid-19 in Historical Context: Creating a Practical Past

HEC Forum

Decades ago, in his foundational essay on the early days of the AIDS crisis, medical historian Ch... more Decades ago, in his foundational essay on the early days of the AIDS crisis, medical historian Charles Rosenberg wrote, "epidemics start at a moment in time, proceed on a stage limited in space and duration, following a plot line of increasing revelatory tension, move to a crisis of individual and collective character, then drift toward closure." In the course of epidemics, societies grappled with sudden and unexpected mortality and also returned to fundamental questions about core social values. "Epidemics," Rosenberg wrote, "have always provided occasion for retrospective moral judgment" (Rosenberg 1989, pp. 2, 9). Following Rosenberg's observations, this essay places COVID-19 in the context of epidemic history to examine common issues faced during health crises-moral, political, social, and individual. Each disease crisis unfolds in its own time and place. Yet, despite specific contexts, we can see patterns and recurring concerns in the history of pandemics: (1) pandemics and disease crises in the past, along with public health responses to them, have had implications for civil liberties and government authority; (2) disease crises have acted as a sort of stress test on society, revealing, amplifying or widening existing social fissures and health disparities; (3) pandemics have forced people to cope with uncertain knowledge about the origin and nature of disease, the best sources of therapies, and what the future will hold after the crisis. While historians are not prognosticators, understanding past experience offers new perspectives for the present. The essay concludes by identifying aspects of history relevant to the road ahead.

Research paper thumbnail of Combatting ‘the Communistic-Mulatto Inspired Movement to Fuse the Two Ethnic Groups’: The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, Sickled Cells, and Segregationists’ Science in the Atomic Age

Social History of Medicine

Research paper thumbnail of The Lithographic Conspiracy: How Satire Framed Liberal Political Debate in Nineteenth-Century France

French Politics Culture Society, 2008

In August 1832, the satiric newspaper, La Caricature, published an unsigned lithograph captioned,... more In August 1832, the satiric newspaper, La Caricature, published an unsigned lithograph captioned, “The police hold the thread of the plot” [Figure 1].2 In the image, a phrygian bonnet, the premier republican symbol from 1789,3 ... French Politics, Culture & Society, ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Lithographic Conspiracy: How Satire Framed Liberal Political Debate in Nineteenth-Century France

French Politics, Culture & Society, 2008

In August 1832, the satiric newspaper, La Caricature, published an unsigned lithograph captioned,... more In August 1832, the satiric newspaper, La Caricature, published an unsigned lithograph captioned, “The police hold the thread of the plot” [Figure 1].2 In the image, a phrygian bonnet, the premier republican symbol from 1789,3 ... French Politics, Culture & Society, ...

Research paper thumbnail of Let's Add the Stomach": Satire, Absurdity, and July Monarchy Politics in Proudhon's What is Property?

French Historical Studies, 2001

In July 1840, exactly ten years after the revolution that established the Orleanist, &#x2... more In July 1840, exactly ten years after the revolution that established the Orleanist, ''bourgeois'' monarchy, the philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon published What is Property?, an essay he had written for a competition held by the Academy of Besançon. ''Property is theft!'' he ...

Research paper thumbnail of A Little Seasoning Would Aid in the Digestion of Our Factums": Wit, Evidence, and the Evolving Form of Medical Debate in New Orleans, 1853–1868

Bulletin of the History of Medicine

Research paper thumbnail of Covid-19 in Historical Context: Creating a Practical Past

HEC Forum

Decades ago, in his foundational essay on the early days of the AIDS crisis, medical historian Ch... more Decades ago, in his foundational essay on the early days of the AIDS crisis, medical historian Charles Rosenberg wrote, "epidemics start at a moment in time, proceed on a stage limited in space and duration, following a plot line of increasing revelatory tension, move to a crisis of individual and collective character, then drift toward closure." In the course of epidemics, societies grappled with sudden and unexpected mortality and also returned to fundamental questions about core social values. "Epidemics," Rosenberg wrote, "have always provided occasion for retrospective moral judgment" (Rosenberg 1989, pp. 2, 9). Following Rosenberg's observations, this essay places COVID-19 in the context of epidemic history to examine common issues faced during health crises-moral, political, social, and individual. Each disease crisis unfolds in its own time and place. Yet, despite specific contexts, we can see patterns and recurring concerns in the history of pandemics: (1) pandemics and disease crises in the past, along with public health responses to them, have had implications for civil liberties and government authority; (2) disease crises have acted as a sort of stress test on society, revealing, amplifying or widening existing social fissures and health disparities; (3) pandemics have forced people to cope with uncertain knowledge about the origin and nature of disease, the best sources of therapies, and what the future will hold after the crisis. While historians are not prognosticators, understanding past experience offers new perspectives for the present. The essay concludes by identifying aspects of history relevant to the road ahead.

Research paper thumbnail of Combatting ‘the Communistic-Mulatto Inspired Movement to Fuse the Two Ethnic Groups’: The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, Sickled Cells, and Segregationists’ Science in the Atomic Age

Social History of Medicine

Research paper thumbnail of The Lithographic Conspiracy: How Satire Framed Liberal Political Debate in Nineteenth-Century France

French Politics Culture Society, 2008

In August 1832, the satiric newspaper, La Caricature, published an unsigned lithograph captioned,... more In August 1832, the satiric newspaper, La Caricature, published an unsigned lithograph captioned, “The police hold the thread of the plot” [Figure 1].2 In the image, a phrygian bonnet, the premier republican symbol from 1789,3 ... French Politics, Culture & Society, ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Lithographic Conspiracy: How Satire Framed Liberal Political Debate in Nineteenth-Century France

French Politics, Culture & Society, 2008

In August 1832, the satiric newspaper, La Caricature, published an unsigned lithograph captioned,... more In August 1832, the satiric newspaper, La Caricature, published an unsigned lithograph captioned, “The police hold the thread of the plot” [Figure 1].2 In the image, a phrygian bonnet, the premier republican symbol from 1789,3 ... French Politics, Culture & Society, ...

Research paper thumbnail of Let's Add the Stomach": Satire, Absurdity, and July Monarchy Politics in Proudhon's What is Property?

French Historical Studies, 2001

In July 1840, exactly ten years after the revolution that established the Orleanist, &#x2... more In July 1840, exactly ten years after the revolution that established the Orleanist, ''bourgeois'' monarchy, the philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon published What is Property?, an essay he had written for a competition held by the Academy of Besançon. ''Property is theft!'' he ...