Stories
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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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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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Hands-on healthcare
A young hospital volunteer feared her contribution was a long way from the serious business of real healthcare. But time spent painting patients’ nails proved to be a valuable contribution to life on the ward.
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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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Date: c.1881-c.1990Reference: WF/M/I/PR/P03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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Remarks on hepatic phlebotomy, and puncturing the liver's capsule, as curative procedures in hepatic disease.
Harley, George, 1829-1896.Date: [1886]- Books
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Report of a case of resection of the liver for the removal of a neoplasm : with a table of seventy-six cases of resection of the liver for hepatic tumours / by William Williams Keen.
Keen, William W. (William Williams), 1837-1932.Date: 1899- Archives and manuscripts
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Cooper McDougall & Robertson LtdDate: 1958 - 1966Reference: WF/C/M/GB/A/05Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
English Language Autograph Letters: Kidd-Kramer
Date: 1794 - 1953Reference: MS.8898