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The hell of hay fever

After years suffering in silence, David Jesudason finds speaking out about his pollen allergy gives him hope for a future where his hay-fever symptoms are under control.

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The doctor who challenged the unicorn myth

Our era of fake news and medical misinformation is nothing new. Estelle Paranque relays the thrusts and parries of a 440-year-old row over a magical cure-all, the unicorn horn.

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NHS strikes and the decade of discontent

When the social unrest of the 1970s spread to the NHS, dissatisfied staff challenged the status quo for the first time in quarter of a century.

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The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist

Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.

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  • Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of
  • The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
  • Royal College of Surgeons, circa 1813. Compare with Sir Zachary Cope, the History of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, London 1959, figure 58.
  • Royal College of Surgeons, architectural drawing.
  • Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Photograph by Barclay Bros., 1902.
  • Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Photograph by Barclay Bros., 1902.
  • Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Photogravure after H. Jamyn Brooks.
  • Royal College of Surgeons, plan for the new building.
  • Royal College of Surgeons, plan for the new building.
  • Royal College of Surgeons, plan for the new building.
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