Manuel Merkofer
@manuelmerkofer.bsky.social
historian trying to grasp how we made sense of our minds and tried to cure them #histmed phd student in history of #neurosurgery @UniversitätZürich
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Great new position at ETH available ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...
Professor/Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of History of Technology* and Professor/Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Philosophy of Science*
ethz.ch
July 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Great new position at ETH available ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...
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Since everyone’s finding old and new friends, take a moment to read my story, I’m a 32yo polio survivor because I was not vaccinated. Pass on my story, repeat it, tell it to any vaccine hesitate parent. No kid deserves vaccine preventable diseases
www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...
www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...
I’m a Polio Survivor. I Don’t Want You to Get It.
Polio is once again a public health threat in the United States. Grace is disappointed, though not surprised.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
November 10, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Since everyone’s finding old and new friends, take a moment to read my story, I’m a 32yo polio survivor because I was not vaccinated. Pass on my story, repeat it, tell it to any vaccine hesitate parent. No kid deserves vaccine preventable diseases
www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...
www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...
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(Journée d’étude) Médiatiser la psychiatrie en Suisse au XXe siècle. Cultures audiovisuelles et savoirs sur la folie histoiresante.blogspot.com/2024/09/cult... #histpsych
September 17, 2024 at 12:13 PM
(Journée d’étude) Médiatiser la psychiatrie en Suisse au XXe siècle. Cultures audiovisuelles et savoirs sur la folie histoiresante.blogspot.com/2024/09/cult... #histpsych
Just horrific. Involuntary psychiatric hospitalization remains a big problem in the 21st century
Acadia Healthcare, one of the largest chains of psychiatric hospitals in the U.S., is holding people against their will to maximize insurance payouts, a New York Times investigation found. It has detained patients even when it was not medically necessary.
How a Leading Chain of Psychiatric Hospitals Traps Patients
Acadia Healthcare is holding people against their will to maximize insurance payouts, a Times investigation found.
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Just horrific. Involuntary psychiatric hospitalization remains a big problem in the 21st century
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#histstm #histmed #envhist we are go once more with an exciting semester programme. Happy to collaborate with my brilliant colleages #debjanibhattacharyya and #yi-tanglin. A great lineup of speakers, come and join us this autumn semester.
August 30, 2024 at 7:04 AM
#histstm #histmed #envhist we are go once more with an exciting semester programme. Happy to collaborate with my brilliant colleages #debjanibhattacharyya and #yi-tanglin. A great lineup of speakers, come and join us this autumn semester.
Why are there relatively few female surgeons?
Stats in Switzerland
“since 2000, more women than men have completed medical studies”
“among practicing surgeons, 23 percent are women”
https://www.srf.ch/news/dialog/medizinische-berufe-chirurgie-hinkt-in-sachen-gleichberechtigung-hinterher (1/5)
Stats in Switzerland
“since 2000, more women than men have completed medical studies”
“among practicing surgeons, 23 percent are women”
https://www.srf.ch/news/dialog/medizinische-berufe-chirurgie-hinkt-in-sachen-gleichberechtigung-hinterher (1/5)
August 28, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Why are there relatively few female surgeons?
Stats in Switzerland
“since 2000, more women than men have completed medical studies”
“among practicing surgeons, 23 percent are women”
https://www.srf.ch/news/dialog/medizinische-berufe-chirurgie-hinkt-in-sachen-gleichberechtigung-hinterher (1/5)
Stats in Switzerland
“since 2000, more women than men have completed medical studies”
“among practicing surgeons, 23 percent are women”
https://www.srf.ch/news/dialog/medizinische-berufe-chirurgie-hinkt-in-sachen-gleichberechtigung-hinterher (1/5)
A short, personal documentary with no thrills about experiencing cancer
youtu.be/px9IqOnilHI?...
youtu.be/px9IqOnilHI?...
A day in the life of someone with cancer
YouTube video by Vuhlandes
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August 25, 2024 at 5:38 PM
A short, personal documentary with no thrills about experiencing cancer
youtu.be/px9IqOnilHI?...
youtu.be/px9IqOnilHI?...