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“One of Our Greatest Investments”: Breastfeeding in the Early 20th Century United States

May 25, 2016Samuel Curry

Sam Curry is a fourth year Anthropology major from South Kingstown, Rhode Island. His main academic interests involve humans’ relationships with the nature and environmental health, and he hopes to work in environmental policy after graduation. His other main interest is racquetball. In 1912, pediatrician Henry L. Coit, mourning his son’s death from typhoid fever,… Read more “One of Our Greatest Investments”: Breastfeeding in the Early 20th Century United States

The Solution to Weak Knees: A History of the Total Knee Replacement

May 25, 2016Nick Brule

Nick Brule is a third year student at Grinnell College majoring in Biological Chemistry. Post Grinnell he plans to attend medical school. He is also a member of the men’s soccer team at Grinnell and enjoys solving Rubik’s cubes in his free time. The total knee replacement is one of the great developments within medicine in… Read more The Solution to Weak Knees: A History of the Total Knee Replacement

Medicalizing Obesity: American Perceptions of Body and Health

May 24, 2016Whitney Teagle

Whitney Teagle is a second year history and biochemistry double major. When not in class, you can see her on the track or going on a run through the cornfields. As we well know by now, there is a growing obesity epidemic in the United States. Doctors, politicians, celebrities, and schoolteachers talk about it, and… Read more Medicalizing Obesity: American Perceptions of Body and Health

“Everything in Nature goes in curves and circles”: Native American Concepts of Disability

July 23, 2015admin

Marisa Leib-Neri is a second year Independent major in Disability Studies. She is fascinated by different cultural conceptions of disability and how disability, health, medicine, and wellness are historically intertwined. Her hobbies include tennis, violin, and re-watching every season of Parks and Recreation. The modern view of reality is based in straight lines and angles.… Read more “Everything in Nature goes in curves and circles”: Native American Concepts of Disability