In 1865 cholera spread from Mecca to the rest of the world, redirecting just-born international health policy’s priorities on Muslim pilgrimage flows.
The history of “menopause” as a medical category revolves around gender relationships.
The public notoriety of the “morphinée" at the end or the 19th century is a testament to the political and professional issues at play as categories were being devised regarding substance abuse.
