Stories
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How shame makes us sick
The fight-or-flight response can have long-term consequences for our bodies if left unchecked. Lucia Osborne-Crowley investigates how shame and trauma are connected, and how both can lead to chronic ill health.
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The case of the cancerous stomach
Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.
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Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta
A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.
Catalogue
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Observations on the anatomy and physiology of the kidney / by Robert M'Donnell.
McDonnell, Robert, 1828-1889.Date: 1858- Archives and manuscripts
Published Papers 1973 - 74
Date: 1973 - September 1974Reference: PP/WRO/D/10Part of: Professor Oliver Wrong- Books
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Untersuchungen über den Uraemischen Process und die Function der Nieren / von Nicolaus Zalesky.
Date: 1865- Books
Recent advances in renal physiology and pharmacology / edited by Laurence G. Wesson and George M. Fanelli, Jr.
A.N. Richards Symposium 1973 : Philadelphia, Pa.)Date: 1974- Books
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On the influence of mental activity on the excretion of phosphoric acid by the kidneys : (Silliman prize thesis) / by Luther Hodges Wood.
Wood, Luther Hodges, 1847-1899.Date: 1869