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Getting under the skin
| Taryn Cain
Before the invention of X-ray in 1895 there was really only one way to accurately study the human body, and that was to cut it open.
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The mystery of the malignant brain
| Thomas MorrisEmily Evans
In 1884 a neurologist successfully used a patient’s symptoms, plus a new kind of map, to locate a brain tumour. Discover how his best-laid plans for treatment worked out.
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The case of the cancerous stomach
| Thomas MorrisEmily Evans
Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.