Stories
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Demanding a diagnosis for invisible pain
After dozens of hospital visits and handfuls of painkillers, a plethora of scans and tests bring diagnosis closer for Jaipreet Virdi.
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The pain that punished feminists
In a society that viewed getting the vote, and pursuing an education and career, as unnatural goals for women, the pain of endometriosis was viewed as nature’s retribution.
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The case of the cancerous stomach
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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On contagion
Reading descriptions of the way humans become infested by parasitic flatworms, Daisy Lafarge experienced painful physical symptoms. Perhaps the very creature she was studying had invaded her body.
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Parotitis after injury or disease of the abdomen or pelvis / by Stephen Paget.
Paget, Stephen, 1855-1926.Date: 1887
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Pathological and practical observations on diseases of the abdomen : comprising those of the stomach and other parts of the alimentary canal, oesophagus, caecum, intestines and peritoneum / by S.O. Habershon.
Date: 1862
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De la percussion médiate et des signes obtenus à l'aide de ce nouveau moyen d'exploration, dans les maladies des organes thoraciques et abdominaux / par P.-A. Piorry.
Piorry P. A. (Pierre Adolphe), 1794-1879.Date: 1828
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Three cases of abdominal section for unusual conditions : (a) tubercular disease of the liver (b) complete volvulus and strangulation of the great omentum (c) traumatic haemorrhage without external wound / by A.W. Mayo Robson.
Robson, Arthur William Mayo, Sir, 1853-1933.Date: [1895]
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On some complicated cases of abdominal section / by John D. Malcolm.
Malcolm, John David.Date: [1890]