Stories
- Article
The politics and power of audio-description
Traditional theatre audio-description often lets down artists and audiences. But, done well, it has the potential to be a force for creativity as well as accessibility.
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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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Printing the body
The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.
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Making sunstroke insanity
Medical historian Dr Kristin Hussey takes a closer look at sunstroke and mental illness, and how, in the late 19th century, they connected at the crossroads of colonial science and the idea of whiteness.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Partnerships, locum tenens, assistants etc.
Date: 1921-1948Reference: SA/BMA/C.522Part of: British Medical Association- Archives and manuscripts
Supplementary register of hydrotherapy assistants
Date: 1947-1969Reference: SA/BMA/B.77Part of: British Medical Association- Archives and manuscripts
Medical Defence Societies: protection of principal in regard to acts of assistants, locums etc.
Date: 1926-1928Reference: SA/BMA/C.107Part of: British Medical Association- Archives and manuscripts
General ethical queries as to locums and assistants
Date: 1924-1949Reference: SA/BMA/D.208Part of: British Medical Association- Books
- Online
Report of the committee on the employment of unqualified assistants by registered practitioners.
General Medical Council.Date: 1883