Who Knows Anything? – Journalism, Caesarean Section, and the Production of Knowledge

The New York Times ran a story about an amazing c-section survival in 1337. But historians of medieval medicine don’t think it happened.  By Monica H. Green On Wednesday, 23 November 2016—the day before the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S.—the New York Times ran what it likely assumed to be a “fun fact” story, a … Continue ReadingWho Knows Anything? – Journalism, Caesarean Section, and the Production of Knowledge