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When monarchs healed the sick
Our current Queen fortunately doesn’t have to spend hours laying hands on the sick to cure them. But it was a different story for monarchs of the early modern era, whose touch was a sought-after treatment for scrofula.
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The search for a cure for endometriosis
Discover how a white American doctor’s experimental operations on black female slaves laid the foundations for modern gynaecological surgery.
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How your hairdresser could save your life
Barbers and hairdressers have a unique view of us – one that means they can spot potentially dangerous health problems. Find out how buzzcuts can lead to blood-pressure checks, and dip-dyes show the way to the dermatologist.
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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Lesion of orf and milker's nodes in man
Royal Veterinary College- Pictures
Lesion in the abdominal region of a 36-year old man with Boeck's sarcoidosis. Watercolour by Barbara E. Nicholson, 1946.
Nicholson, BarbaraDate: 1946Reference: 31321iPart of: Barbara Nicholson medical illustration collection.
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Lésion inhabituelle des organes génitaux? : Un doute? Un(e) partenaire infecté(e)? Rupture de capote? Un écoulement urétral? Des pertes vaginales? : Besoin d'information venez nous consulter ... / Centre Medico Social CRF, 43, rue de Valois - 75001 Paris.
Date: [2014?]- Archives and manuscripts
Frank Hawking Photographs: Glass Plate of a Lesion
Date: c.1930s-1940sReference: WTI/HAW/C/1/81Part of: Hawking, Frank- Archives and manuscripts
Frank Hawking Photographs: Glass Plate of a Mepacrine Lesion
Date: c.1930s-1940sReference: WTI/HAW/C/1/82Part of: Hawking, Frank