Stories
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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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The blight of the ballooning blood vessels
In 1817 an emergency operation on a London porter was hailed a ‘success’ despite the patient’s swift demise. Find out how this case became a landmark in vascular surgery.
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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.
Catalogue
- Books
Emergency surgery / by Hamilton Bailey.
Bailey, Hamilton, 1894-1961.Date: 1930-1931- Books
The operations of surgery (Jacobson) / [W.H.A. Jacobson].
Jacobson, W. H. A.Date: 1915- Books
The operations of surgery / by R.P. Rowlands and Philip Turner.
Rowlands, R. P.Date: 1936-1937- Books
The operations of surgery / by R.P. Rowlands and Philip Turner.
Rowlands, R. P.Date: 1927- Books
Practical surgery of the abdomen / by George H. Juilly.
Juilly, George H. (George Hippolyte), 1877-Date: 1928