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Edgar Allan Poe enthusiasm at The Horse You Came in on Saloon in the Fell’s Point neighborhood of Baltimore.

“Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore.” — Edgar Allan Poe in Baltimore and Beyond

June 22, 2022

Edgar Allan Poe enthusiasm at The Horse You Came in on Saloon in the Fell’s Point neighborhood of Baltimore. Photo: Margo Peyton When I set out on two trips from my home in Baltimore this April, I did not know that I signed up for an Edgar Allan Poe interstate tour. The first stop on […]

Margo Peyton ⋅ A Day in the Life Baltimore, edgar allan poe, history, poetry ⋅ No Comments

Typical ceramic products of Sicilian style in the old town of the historic village of Erice in Sicily, Italy

O, Deadly Majolica

May 25, 2022

Human history is full of stories about people going to great lengths to achieve splendor, beauty and luster. Women in ancient Roman used the belladonna plant to dilate their pupils and enhance the beauty of their eyes, running the risk of permanent vision loss. Diane de Poitiers, mistress of 16th century French king Henry II, […]

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Andrew Lea

Digitizing Diagnosis: A new book by fourth-year medical student Andrew Lea

May 5, 2022

I recently sat down with Andrew Lea, a fourth-year medical student who holds a Ph.D. in the history of science and medicine. We discussed his forthcoming book, Digitizing Diagnosis: Minds, Medicine, and Machines in Twentieth-Century America, and the importance of historical perspective in medicine. Welcome! Tell us about your book. The book is about early […]

Margo Peyton ⋅ Honor Roll books, health humanities, history, History of medicine, medical student ⋅

The sun on the Baltimore horizon.

Seeking the Charm

February 10, 2022

Planning my move to Baltimore City, I persistently scoured the yearly lists of the “most dangerous cities in the United States” and found myself perpetually disheartened by Baltimore’s seemingly continuous success in topping that list. Friends and acquaintances who had previously been to Baltimore did not help either. Many made it their responsibility to warn […]

Patrick Debs ⋅ A Day in the Life Baltimore, history, medical school, medical student ⋅

A wall of male portraits.

Representing Diversity on Portrait Walls Around Johns Hopkins: One Stride Taken, Many to Go

September 11, 2019

Last week, NPR published “Academic Science Rethinks All-Too-White ‘Dude Walls’ of Honor” on its website. This article addresses the message that walls of honor that mostly feature white men may send to nonwhite and nonmale trainees. Several academic institutions are dismantling or relocating their “dude walls” to send a more inclusive message, and this has […]

Talia Henkle ⋅ A Day in the Life diversity, history, inclusion, legacy ⋅

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