Stories
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The blood notebooks
Novelist Rupert Thomson explores his unusual behaviour during a time of self-imposed isolation.
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We need less ‘sickle cell warriors’ and more allies
Rejecting the epithet “warrior”, Cheryl Telfer describes the pervasive effect sickle cell disease has on her life, and calls for more people to donate blood to help sicklers.
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Heating up and drying out
Menopause doesn’t have to signify old age, but when your body feels like it’s letting you down, it’s hard not to believe that your useful life may be over.
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Bleeding healthy
For thousands of years, and in many different cultures, people have practised bloodletting for health and medical reasons. Julia Nurse explains where and when bleeding was used, how it was done, and why.
Catalogue
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Blood letting 18th- 19th century: artificial leeches.
Heurleloup- Books
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An historical sketch of blood-letting / by Joseph T. Smith.
Smith, Joseph T.Date: 1910- Archives and manuscripts
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M0007183: Manuscript illustration of blood letting
Date: 30 July 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/61/71Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
M0007924: "Blood-letting man", manuscript illustration
Date: 11 June 1941Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/68/36Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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M0003218: Blood-Letting by "Cupping"
Date: 02 November 1932Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/26/33Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive