In the early 1850s, John Varden assembled a collection of hair samples from the first 14 US presidents. That’s pioneering work in bio-informatics. … Read the post hair samples from first 14 US presidents thanks to John Varden
Gate 30 of Judah al-Harizi’s Tahkemoni presents a charlatan physician. Harsh fate, or a despicable excuse, is having to dupe others to get money for food. … Read the post anti-medical satire in al-Harizi's Tahkemoni
Zabara’s and Galipapa’s under-appreciated medieval anti-medical satire attacked physicians who lost their moral balance to greed and pretense of knowledge. … Read the post medieval anti-medical satire reveals greed and pretense to know
Through humoral physiognomy, a choleric temperament became associated with yellow skin color. Yellow skin in 13th-century France signified Orientals. … Read the post physiognomy of skin color before the Enlightenment
The academic science of cultural cognition is rife with scientism. More humanistic self-consciousness and more social daring would produce better science. … Read the post cultural cognition in social self-construction of intellectual elite