What is ability? Is it simply something you know when you see it? Examining the poor posture epidemic that gripped the U.S. in the 20th century, Beth Linker traces how good posture became constructed as a meaningful measure of ableness. Continue Reading Toward a History of Ableness
Tag: History of Medicine
Hospital of the Nation: The Royal Mineral Water Hospital Bath
Opened in May 1742, the Bath General Hospital was a lifeline for impoverished chronically ill and disabled patients unable to receive medical care elsewhere. Continue Reading Hospital of the Nation: The Royal Mineral Water Hospital Bath