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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.
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The search for a cure for endometriosis
| Jaipreet VirdiAnne Howeson
Discover how a white American doctor’s experimental operations on black female slaves laid the foundations for modern gynaecological surgery.