Stories
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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians
Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.
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Revelations of blindness in the Middle Ages
Medieval texts, from Islamic medical treatises to Christian books of miracles, reveal surprisingly varied and complex experiences of blindness. But when medieval scholar Jude Seal experienced visual impairment themselves, they gained an even deeper understanding of the lives they were studying.
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The father of handwashing
Doctors performing autopsies and then delivering babies – with not a hint of soap in between – was the grim recipe producing a lot of motherless offspring in the 1800s. But one man’s gargantuan efforts to upend accepted medical thinking turned the tide.
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The extraordinary body of Evatima Tardo
Darling of 19th-century American freak shows, Evatima Tardo remained serene as she withstood crucifixion and the bites of poisonous snakes. But she took the secret behind her abilities to her grave.
Catalogue
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The works of John Fothergill, M.D. Member of the Royal College of Physicians, and Fellow of the Royal Society, of London; and of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh; and corresponding Member of the Royal Medical Society of Paris. By John Coakley Lettsom.
Fothergill, John, 1712-1780.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783]
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List of the portraits and other works of art in the Royal College of Physicians of London.
Royal College of Physicians of London.Date: 1900- Books
Chirurgorum comes: or the whole practice of chirurgery / ... continued and completed by a Member of the College of Physicians in London.
Read, Alexander, 1586?-1641Date: 1687- Books
Catalogue of engraved portraits in the Royal College of Physicians of London / by A.H. Driver.
Royal College of Physicians of London.Date: 1952- Books
Part-time postgraduate training in medicine : a report of the Standing Committee of Members of the Royal College of Physicians of London.
Date: 1977