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The painter, the psychiatrist and a fashion for hysteria
| Natasha Ruiz-GómezKathleen Arundell
A dramatic painting brings a famous event in medical history alive. But it also tells a tale about the health preoccupations of the time.
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Jim, the horse of death
| Chris Baker
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.