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The Year of the Emperor

by Holly Tucker March 21, 2011

By Cole Garrett (Vanderbilt University) There are many different ways of telling time and numbering the years across cultures. Most of us are familiar with the Christian or Western system for numbering the year, split between B.C. and A.D. with the coming of Christ as the major turning point in the history of the human [...]

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Cut it off! Eunuchs in Imperial China

by Holly Tucker June 12, 2010

By Cole Garrett (Vanderbilt University) The Emperors of China (starting from the 6th century BC and lasting until the overthrow of the Emperor and declaration of the republic of China in 1912 AD) used Eunuchs and shrouded themselves in mystery in order to maintain power over their empire. Access to the emperor in Imperial China [...]

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Let’s Take a Bath!

by Holly Tucker November 1, 2009

By Cole Garrett (Vanderbilt University) “So, what are going to do when we get to Kusatsu?” It had been a long car ride already, and I was not entirely sure where we were going or what we were going to do once we got there. “We’re going to take a bath.” My friend Yoshi tells [...]

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About

by Holly Tucker July 22, 2009

Wonders & Marvels began humbly as a website related to an undergraduate course on the “History of Medicine: From Aristotle to the Enlightment,” taught by Holly Tucker in fall 2008 at Vanderbilt University. Originally hosted on Blogger, the website was a place where the professor and the students could post links and articles of shared [...]

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