How a little-known 18th century instrument maker may have inspired the first clinical trial ...
The design for a medical study in 1743 that was never carried out may have inspired James Lind’s groundbreaking clinical ...
Versailles: Science and Splendour – a 'blockbuster' exploration of 18th-century innovation
Courtly life in 18th century Versailles is widely remembered as "a world of pure fantasy frolics", said Jonathan Jones in The ...
PBS1 个月
A Brief History of Science
In the 18th century much of basic biology and chemistry was developed as part of the Age of Enlightenment. The 19th century saw some of the great names of science: people like the chemist John ...
Scientists Just Discovered An 18th-Century King’s Secret Passageway
A team from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research has uncovered a long-lost secret passageway from the time ...
BBC6 年
KS3 / GCSE History: 18th Century Medicine
Before the 18th century, medical institutions had been few ... it was becoming harder to pass off kooky ideas as medical science.All this sounds like progress, and it sure was, but whilst the ...