Rob McCarty (2018) is a biology major at Grinnell from Hudson, Florida with a particular interest in molecular biology. He played football each of his four years and plans to enter research in cancer biology after Grinnell. It is hard for us today to imagine a time when a child’s first trips to the doctor… Read more Vaccines: How Medical Innovation Changed the World Around Infectious Disease
The Author: Zoë Aber is a History major with a concentration in Environmental Studies at Grinnell College. “They have sought a phantom and found nothing. Their efforts have been as unavailing as those of the child that pursues its shadow or grasps at a moon-beam.” – Charles Caldwell, 1831 [1] The pursuit of a full… Read more Miasma: Breathing Air Filled with Contagion
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
Philip Trubee is a second-year student at Grinnell College. He is a Political Science and History major, and is employed at the Faulconer Gallery Print and Draw Room. His post on Trauma Treatment is inspired by his family’s work within that field of medicine. Trauma Medicine, as practiced in Emergency Rooms and field hospitals all… Read more The Evolution of Trauma Medicine in Wartime
