Other Writing

Dog 137 is set in 1917 when the US became involved in the First World War. The protagonist, named Einleff, is a homeless seventeen-year-old. He becomes a participant in chemical warfare experiments at a medical school, in which dogs are being asphyxiated with poison gases being developed for the war.

In this excerpt from the novel, Einleff has his first meeting with Professor Foss, who is leading the experiments. Einleff is accompanied by Eugenia Temple, Foss’s student, who is anxious to have...

A short story set in 1918. Callista Bishop, a patient at a small, rural psychiatric institute, has suffered a breakdown. Her fiancé, Jack Blackman, a soldier, is receiving psychiatric treatment at a military hospital overseas. Something is seriously wrong with Jack. Callista wonders, "Can the soul become disoriented? Perhaps get lost completely?"

A history of the building’s unsavory reputation and abandoned sixth floor.

Syphilis, sleeping sickness, and the casualties of a hunt for a cure.

Sleeping sickness research at the University of Wisconsin and its ties to colonialism.

World War I-era poison gas testing at UW-Madison leaves a legacy at once extensive and obscure.

Science Hall's oldest relief model undergoes a painstaking conservation effort, healing the ravages of time.

Howard Veregin, Wisconsin State Cartographer, University of Wisconsin–Madison