The bedwetting alarm in mid-twentieth century America
In 1938, Yale behaviorist psychologist O.H. Mowrer and his wife created a device that would wake up children who wet the bed... Read More
Insulin coma therapy for schizophrenia
In the 1930s, American psychiatric hospitals were overcrowded and had few physicians. Treatment was mostly custodial. But starting in the 1930s and... Read More
Premarital syphilis testing laws
In the late 1930s, states began to pass laws requiring men and women applying for marriage licenses to demonstrate proof of a... Read More