Because, as they write, “Ink fades with time, and individual scrawls sometimes resemble hieroglyphics,” the Smithsonian is undertaking an effort to digitize their archives. With the help of volunteers working… Read more »

What would Hippocrates do? No, really. That’s a question Alain Touwaide, Scientific Director of the Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions at the Smithsonian Institute, has asked himself. According… Read more »