Stories
- Article
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.
- Article
When skin bleaching goes wrong
Warnings about permanent health damage don’t deter those using skin-bleaching products for years on end. Read the story of one woman who suffered from liver failure after years of striving to be paler.
Catalogue
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Microscopic view of clotted blood vessels in the inflamed kidney of a 56-year old woman with acute glomerulo-nephritis. Watercolour by Barbara E. Nicholson, 1946.
Nicholson, BarbaraDate: 1946Reference: 31841iPart of: Barbara Nicholson medical illustration collection.- Pictures
Microscopic view of clotted blood vessels in the inflamed kidney of a 56-year old woman with acute glomerulo-nephritis. Watercolour by Barbara E. Nicholson, 1946.
Nicholson, BarbaraDate: 1946Reference: 31839iPart of: Barbara Nicholson medical illustration collection.- Videos
Cloning the first human.
Date: 2001