Today In Medicine

How close did Pennsylvania come to a nuclear disaster, and did the radiation actually make people sick?

March 28, 1979

What did the first person to see inside a living human body without cutting it open think they were looking at?

March 27, 1845

Did the wine Beethoven drank every day slowly destroy his hearing and kill him?

March 26, 1827

How did a self-taught lens grinder's telescope help doctors see things too small for the human eye?

March 25, 1655

What was it like when a German doctor proved that a single invisible germ was killing one in seven Europeans?

March 24, 1882

How did a safety elevator change the way hospitals are built and how patients are moved?

March 23, 1857

Why was a failed cancer drug the first real hope for millions of people dying of AIDS?

March 22, 1987