Many think of alchemy as a fool's pursuit, but alchemy has a rich history closely tied to medicine and metallurgy. Additionally, techniques developed by alchemists strongly influenced chemistry. So how come we don't call chemistry alchemy?

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Many think of alchemy as a fool's pursuit, but alchemy has a rich history closely tied to medicine and metallurgy. Additionally, techniques developed by alchemists strongly influenced chemistry. So how come we don't call chemistry alchemy?

Secret Science: Alchemy!

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This 2020 episode covers Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, an accomplished astronomer. She grew up in a society that didn’t really prioritize education for girls, and she was determined and creative about getting around that.

This 2020 episode covers Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, an accomplished astronomer. She grew up in a society that didn&rsquo;t really prioritize education for girls, and she was determined and creative about getting around that.

SYMHC Classics: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

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Holly talks about the dynamics of Altina Schinasi's family. Tracy shares a dispute over nursing uniform procedures on the Boston Floating Hospital that played out in a trade journal. 

Holly talks about the dynamics of Altina Schinasi's family. Tracy shares a dispute over nursing uniform procedures on the Boston Floating Hospital that played out in a trade journal.&nbsp;

Behind the Scenes Minis: Altina and Saving Babies

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The Boston Floating Hospital was a children’s hospital that operated on a boat in Boston Harbor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 

Research:
Berkeley Temple. “Threescore years and ten, 1827-1897: Pine Street Church ; Berkeley Street Church ; Berkley Temple.” Boston : Press of Samuel Usher, 1897. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008416560
Boston Floating Hospital. “A brief history of the Boston Floating Hospital.” 1906. https://archive.org/details/101725502.nlm.nih.gov/
Boston Floating Hospital. “Historical sketch of the origin and development of the Boston Floating Hospital.” 1903. https://archive.org/details/101727275.nlm.nih.gov
Egan, Sarah A. “A Reply from the Boston Floating Hospital.” The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 11, No. 6 (Mar., 1911). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3405022
Friends of the Boston Harborwalk. “Precious Cargo On Board.” https://boshw.us/sign/precious-cargo-on-board/?lang=english
Gilson, Grace. “Babies on a boat: When a floating hospital helped cure Boston’s children.” Boston Globe. 1/20/2022. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/20/metro/hospital-sea-that-once-cured-bostons-children/
Golden, Janet. “From Wet Nurse Directory to Milk Bank: Delivery of Human Milk in Boston, 1909-1927.” Bulletin of the History of Medicine. Vol. 62, No. 4. Winter 1988. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44443092
Halberstadt, Josephine. “The Boston Floating Hospital, Season of 1906.” The American Journal of Nursing , Feb., 1907, Vol. 7, No. 5 (Feb., 1907). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3403608
Hall, Mary I. “The Boston Floating Hospital.” The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Jan., 1911). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3404922
Hastings, Robert W. “The Boston Floating Hospital.” The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 3, No. 7 (Apr., 1903).” Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3401681
Hastings, Robert W. “The Boston Floating Hospital.” The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 6, No. 7 (Apr., 1906). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3402905
Jimison, Robert. “Who’s the mystery child in this 103-year-old Floating Hospital photo?” CNN. 2/14/2017. https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/health/floating-hospital-1914-mystery-photo-history/index.html
Keeling, Arlene. “Nursing On Board the Boston Floating Hospital.” Windows in Time. Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry. October 2015.
Kulig, John. “12 Things You Didn't Know About The History Of Boston's Floating Hospital For Children.” WBUR. 10/3/2014. https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2014/10/01/boston-floating-kulig
NavSource Online: Identification Numbered Vessel Photo Archive. Boston Floating Hospital (ID 2366) https://www.navsource.org/archives/12/172366.htm
“A History of the Boston Floating Hospital.” Vol. 19. No. 4. 1957. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.19.4.629
Perry, Charlotte Mandeville. “Our Floating Hospitals.” The American Journal of Nursing, Nov., 1900, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Nov., 1900). Via JSTOR. http://www.jstor.com/stable/3402614
Prinz, Lucie with Jacoba Van Schaik. “The Boston Floating Hospital: How a Boston Harbor Barge Changed the Course of Pediatric Medicine.” Tufts Medical Center. 2014.
Tufts Archival Research Center. “Boston Floating Hospital.” https://archives.tufts.edu/agents/corporate_entities/9474?&page=13
Tufts CHSP. “End of an Era: The Closing of Tufts Children’s Hospital, Putting Inpatient Pediatric Care in Context.” 4/8/2022. https://sites.tufts.edu/chsp/2022/04/08/end-of-an-era-the-closing-of-tufts-childrens-hospital-putting-inpatient-pediatric-care-in-context/

The Boston Floating Hospital was a children&rsquo;s hospital that operated on a boat in Boston Harbor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.&nbsp;
Research:
<ul>
<li>Berkeley Temple. &ldquo;Threescore years and ten, 1827-1897: Pine Street Church ; Berkeley Street Church ; Berkley Temple.&rdquo; Boston : Press of Samuel Usher, 1897. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008416560</li>
<li>Boston Floating Hospital. &ldquo;A brief history of the Boston Floating Hospital.&rdquo; 1906. https://archive.org/details/101725502.nlm.nih.gov/</li>
<li>Boston Floating Hospital. &ldquo;Historical sketch of the origin and development of the Boston Floating Hospital.&rdquo; 1903. https://archive.org/details/101727275.nlm.nih.gov</li>
<li>Egan, Sarah A. &ldquo;A Reply from the Boston Floating Hospital.&rdquo; The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 11, No. 6 (Mar., 1911). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3405022</li>
<li>Friends of the Boston Harborwalk. &ldquo;Precious Cargo On Board.&rdquo; https://boshw.us/sign/precious-cargo-on-board/?lang=english</li>
<li>Gilson, Grace. &ldquo;Babies on a boat: When a floating hospital helped cure Boston&rsquo;s children.&rdquo; Boston Globe. 1/20/2022. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/20/metro/hospital-sea-that-once-cured-bostons-children/</li>
<li>Golden, Janet. &ldquo;From Wet Nurse Directory to Milk Bank: Delivery of Human Milk in Boston, 1909-1927.&rdquo; Bulletin of the History of Medicine. Vol. 62, No. 4. Winter 1988. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44443092</li>
<li>Halberstadt, Josephine. &ldquo;The Boston Floating Hospital, Season of 1906.&rdquo; The American Journal of Nursing , Feb., 1907, Vol. 7, No. 5 (Feb., 1907). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3403608</li>
<li>Hall, Mary I. &ldquo;The Boston Floating Hospital.&rdquo; The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Jan., 1911). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3404922</li>
<li>Hastings, Robert W. &ldquo;The Boston Floating Hospital.&rdquo; The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 3, No. 7 (Apr., 1903).&rdquo; Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3401681</li>
<li>Hastings, Robert W. &ldquo;The Boston Floating Hospital.&rdquo; The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 6, No. 7 (Apr., 1906). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3402905</li>
<li>Jimison, Robert. &ldquo;Who&rsquo;s the mystery child in this 103-year-old Floating Hospital photo?&rdquo; CNN. 2/14/2017. https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/health/floating-hospital-1914-mystery-photo-history/index.html</li>
<li>Keeling, Arlene. &ldquo;Nursing On Board the Boston Floating Hospital.&rdquo; Windows in Time. Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry. October 2015.</li>
<li>Kulig, John. &ldquo;12 Things You Didn't Know About The History Of Boston's Floating Hospital For Children.&rdquo; WBUR. 10/3/2014. https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2014/10/01/boston-floating-kulig</li>
<li>NavSource Online: Identification Numbered Vessel Photo Archive. Boston Floating Hospital (ID 2366) https://www.navsource.org/archives/12/172366.htm</li>
<li>&ldquo;A History of the Boston Floating Hospital.&rdquo; Vol. 19. No. 4. 1957. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.19.4.629</li>
<li>Perry, Charlotte Mandeville. &ldquo;Our Floating Hospitals.&rdquo; The American Journal of Nursing, Nov., 1900, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Nov., 1900). Via JSTOR. http://www.jstor.com/stable/3402614</li>
<li>Prinz, Lucie with Jacoba Van Schaik. &ldquo;The Boston Floating Hospital: How a Boston Harbor Barge Changed the Course of Pediatric Medicine.&rdquo; Tufts Medical Center. 2014.</li>
<li>Tufts Archival Research Center. &ldquo;Boston Floating Hospital.&rdquo; https://archives.tufts.edu/agents/corporate_entities/9474?&amp;page=13</li>
<li>Tufts CHSP. &ldquo;End of an Era: The Closing of Tufts Children&rsquo;s Hospital, Putting Inpatient Pediatric Care in Context.&rdquo; 4/8/2022. https://sites.tufts.edu/chsp/2022/04/08/end-of-an-era-the-closing-of-tufts-childrens-hospital-putting-inpatient-pediatric-care-in-context/</li>
</ul>

The Boston Floating Hospital was a children’s hospital that operated on a boat in Boston Harbor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 

Boston Floating Hospital

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