Considered one of the theatres of the Third Reich’s euthanasia program Am Spiegelgrund is a space where Nazi impact on paedopsychiatry is on display.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is a nosological classification that has played - and continues to play - a key role in structuring psychiatric care and research.
Between the 15th and the 19th century, Venice’s reformed its quarantine system on the lazaretto model in view of its unequal successes in dealing with plague epidemics.
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 overlooked health provision of public baths retraces for us the history of body hygiene and the inequalities it portends.
