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Salvarsan, also known as 606, was a synthetic drug developed by the scientist Paul Ehrlich in 1909 to treat syphilis. It was a path-breaking development that revolutionized the American medical profession’s ability to treat the disease. When World…

Salvarsan, also known as 606, was a synthetic drug developed by the scientist Paul Ehrlich in 1909 to treat syphilis. It was a path-breaking development that revolutionized the American medical profession’s ability to treat the disease. When World…

In an effort to halt the progress of venereal disease in the army, Young and others tried to implement various preventative measures. One was education. Progressives, at the time, would have preferred that American men abstain from the “vice” of…

In 2013, Dr. Wei-Ping Andrew Lee (front center) performed the first-ever bilateral arm transplant at Hopkins. The patient was Brendan Marrocco (on Lee’s left), a veteran of the Iraq War

Seated, from left to right: 1) Prof. G. C. Whipple; 2) Dr. G. C. Shattuck; 3) Miss H. Bailey; 4) Miss A. Fitzgerald; 5) Dr. R. P. Strong; 6) Miss G. Cowlin; 7) Dr. Lina Potter; 8) Mr. H. E. Scarborough. Standing, from left to right: 1) Mr. C. R.…

Service Medal awarded by United States where it is known as the World War I Victory Medal or simply the Victory Medal. Any member of the U.S. military who served between 6 April 1917 to 11 November 1918, 12 November 1918 to 5 August 1919 in European…