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Public health campaigns and the ‘threat’ of disability

By continuing to represent disability as the feared outcome of disease, public health campaigns help to perpetuate prejudice against disabled people.

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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists

Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.

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Remote diagnosis from wee to the Web

Medical practice might have moved on from when patients posted flasks of their urine for doctors to taste, but telehealth today keeps up the tradition of remote diagnosis – to our possible detriment.

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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life

The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.

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  • "Local authorities and... venereal diseases" 1917
  • Sir Thomas Barlow "The problem of venereal diseases..." 1917
  • Sir T. Barlow "The incidence of venereal diseases..." 1917
  • A man trapped in the letters VD (venereal disease), representing untreated sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph, 195- (?).
  • The letters VD (venereal diseases) being broken through by an invisible hand, representing early management and cure of the diseases. Colour lithograph by A. Games, ca. 1951.
  • An essay on the venereal diseases which have been confounded with symptoms, which exclusively arise from that poison ... / [Richard Carmichael].
  • The secret companion, a medical work on onanism ... and on venereal and syphilitic diseases ... followed by observations on marriage.
  • An essay on the venereal diseases which have been confounded with symptoms, which exclusively arise from that poison ... / [Richard Carmichael].
  • A naked couple embrace with the male and female symbols; advertisement for the use of condoms to prevent venereal diseases like AIDS. Lithograph.
  • Practical methods in the diagnosis & treatment of venereal diseases : for medical practitioners and students / by David Lees ; with introduction by Wm. Robertson.
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