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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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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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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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How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory
A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.
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The additional number to the Letters of Humanitas : together with John Hillen's, William Jenkin's & Doctor M'Kenzie's letters - and other documents, relative to Polly Elliott's case : to which is added, Mr. Jesse Hollingsworth's letter - and a reply to the same / by James Smith, physician.
Smith, James, 1771-1841.Date: February 9, 1801- Books
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Observations on fevers and febrifuges. Written in French by Monsieur Spon, one of the most eminent physicians of Lyons; upon occasion of reading a book entituled, The discovery of the admirable English remedy. Now made English, by J. Berrie.
Spon, Issac, 1647-1685.Date: 1682- Books
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Remarks on the giving vomits in fevers. In a letter to a friend. By H: C: M.R. Car: II.
H. CDate: 1700- Books
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A short discourse to prove the usefulness of vomiting in fevers, by plain reasoning and the authority of the best physicians, ancient and modern. By Charles Oliphant, doctor of Medetine.
Oliphant, Charles, -1719Date: M.DC.XC.IX [1699]- Books
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Apollo staticus. Or, The art of curing fevers by the staticks : invented by Dr. Pitcairn, and publish'd by him in Latine: now made English by a well-wisher to the mathematicks.
Pitcairn, Archibald, 1652-1713Date: 1695