Overcoming the Racial Hierarchy: the History and Medical Consequences of “Caucasian”
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DOI: 10.1007/s40615-017-0458-6
Abstract: The term Caucasian is ubiquitous in the medical field. It is used without a significant consideration of its history or medical necessity. First, the term Caucasian has racist historical origins in a beauty-based hierarchy with… read more here.
Keywords: hierarchy history; overcoming racial; racial hierarchy; hierarchy ... See more keywords
Aphrodisiacs in the global history of medical thought
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DOI: 10.1017/s1740022820000108
Abstract: Abstract The study of aphrodisiacs is an overlooked area of global history which this article seeks to remedy by considering how such substances were commercially traded and how medical knowledge of them was exchanged globally… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; aphrodisiacs global; medical thought; history medical ... See more keywords