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Alvin Langdon Coburn, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

With innovative techniques and a palette of dazzling colors, French artist Henri Matisse revolutionized modern art in the first half of the 20th century.

Carla Delgado




Venesection on male patient by Cintio d'Amato, 1671

From curing rabies with raw veal to using a red-hot poker to prevent nosebleeds, these treatments of old will make you especially thankful for science and modern medicine.

Meredith Danko