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A head apart from the body

We look to the future of science via science fiction to explore how a head may live apart from its body.

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The leukaemia diagnosis I didn’t see coming

Treatment for leukaemia kept journalist Hannah Partos in isolation, like the female prisoner whose image inspired her to write this piece.

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The tale of the toxic kidneys

In 1954 a serendipitous coming together of skills and circumstances allowed the first successful organ transplant to take place. Read how Richard Herrick’s life was prolonged by his identical twin’s generosity.

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The girl with no name

When a now anonymous teenager sold her tooth for transplant, she couldn’t have predicted that she’d end up at the heart of a troubling story about 18th-century beauty ideals.

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  • A compendium of anatomy, human and comparative : with directions for dissecting the different parts of the human body ; intended principally for the use of students / by Andrew Fyfe.
  • A compendium of anatomy, human and comparative : with directions for dissecting the different parts of the human body ; intended principally for the use of students / by Andrew Fyfe.
  • Humane research fund appeal / Mark Gold.
  • Engravings of the arteries, illustrating the second volume of the 'Anatomy of the human body' / by J. Bell; and serving as an introduction to the surgery of the arteries.
  • Engravings of the arteries, illustrating the second volume of the 'Anatomy of the human body' / by J. Bell; and serving as an introduction to the surgery of the arteries.
  • Engravings of the arteries, illustrating the second volume of the 'Anatomy of the human body' / by J. Bell; and serving as an introduction to the surgery of the arteries.
  • Engravings of the arteries, illustrating the second volume of the 'Anatomy of the human body' / by J. Bell; and serving as an introduction to the surgery of the arteries.
  • The works of John Hunter ... with notes / Edited by James F. Palmer. [With life and bibliography of Hunter by D. Ottley].
  • Alpha 1,3 galactosyl transferase
  • Microvasculature of human head and brain
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