In my Professor Seagull-like need to feel like I’m building some chronicle which will withstand the fallibility of memory – and also to simply point out the diamonds buried in the dense mulch of the Internet - I have created a Tumblr.
You can see it here.
I suspect it will see more action than Bourchol, as it’s far easier to recognize and point out something interesting or great than it is to say something interesting or great about it.
Many medical historians choose to focus their studies on the social history elements of the history of medicine. Certainly, they may use quantifiable history and other techniques to support their thesis, but ultimately the majority of questions medical historians ask are intimately connected to the idea of how humans respond to disease, and why.
I had the pleasure of learning all about historical human responses to disease in a semester-long course about the history of epidemics. From the Black Death to AIDS, we looked at how diseases have been constructed and combated in both pre-scientific and post-scientific societies.
Naturally, my interest was piqued when I heard about this potentially pandemic swine flu.
