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Alicia Puglionesi

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1931 illustration of Captain John Smith being 'saved' by Pocahontas. (Credit: GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

Native American History

How a Romanticized Take on Pocahontas Became a Touchstone of American Culture

Early American plays portrayed her as a mythical 'Indian princess.'

Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, where many patients are forced to wait for treatment in the hallways due to lack of space and over crowding in the emergency room, 2006.

Early 20th Century U.S.

Americans Once Avoided the Hospital at All Costs—Until ERs Changed That

How emergency rooms became the only place in America where patients had a right to free treatment.

Physician S. Weir MItchell, 1909. (Credit: The Library of Congress)

Observances & Traditions

The Civil War Doctor Who Proved Phantom Limb Pain Was Real

Silas Weir Mitchell specialized in the ghostly pain that lingered after amputations.