Pediatric Ward, Bellevue Hospital, New York, 1900

Though there was still little that doctors could do to cure insanity or even alleviate its symptoms, there were advances in the medical field. A vaccine for typhoid fever came out in 1896, and was followed by a vaccine for plague in 1897. Karl Landsteiner explored the issue of blood compatibility and created a system of blood typing in 1901. Continue reading →