• “DNA From Beethoven’s Hair Unlocks Medical and Family Secrets.” (New York Times)

• “A broader examination of the Met’s antiquities collection…raises new concerns over the origin of the museum’s inventory of ancient statues, friezes, and other relics.” (The Guardian)

• “After Dr. James Marion Sims founded the Woman’s Hospital in New York in 1855, a rare hospital that would accept cancer sufferers…it received complaints that cancer patients were ‘causing great discomfort and danger to the other patients in the ward.’ The hospital’s leadership then voted to deny admission for cancer patients because they were ‘worried that tumors might be infectious and spread from one patient to the next.’ ” (The Baffler)

• On Samuel Ringgold Ward. (SmithsonianMag.com)

• A brief history of preppy clothing. (The New Yorker)

• On the women aquanauts of the 1970s. (Atlas Obscura)

• This week on obituaries: Lance Reddick, Willis Reed, Mary Rayner, Patrick French, Cruz Miguel Ortíz Cuadra, Jerry Samuels, Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins, John Jenrette, Gloria Dea, Jim Mellen, Raphael Mechoulam, Christopher Fowler, Jim Gordon, Fito Olivares, C. Anne Wilson, William A. Wulf, Virginia Zeani, Olga Kennard, and Bill Tidy.