Brain Bucket: a Social History of War, Football, Helmets, and Head Injury
A series for the playoff season
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Standardized head protection appeared on the football field and the Western Front at the same moment in 1915.
Our brains have never recovered.
“How many fingers am I holding up?” the team doctor asked, h…
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