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Spanish flu and the depiction of disease

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed many millions more than World War I did. Find out why contemporary artistic depictions of its devastating impact are so rare.

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A brief history of ventilation

As ventilators continue to play an important part in helping very ill coronavirus patients, medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris traces their development from the first attempts at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation through centuries of medical crises.

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Public health campaigns and the ‘threat’ of disability

By continuing to represent disability as the feared outcome of disease, public health campaigns help to perpetuate prejudice against disabled people.

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The anatomy of a brain dissection

Dissecting the brain after death not only helps confirm a diagnosis, but it can also teach us so much more about the symptoms and causes of brain diseases and how to treat them.

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  • A monster with poisonous slime oozing from its mouth; representing sexually transmitted diseases in Germany after World War II. Colour lithograph after H. Ehlers, 1946.
  • Foot and mouth disease virus particle
  • Structure of foot-and-mouth disease virus
  • Tongue, mouth, and moustache of a man with skin disease: two figures. Watercolour, 1892.
  • Tongue, mouth, and moustache of a man with skin disease: two figures. Watercolour, 1892.
  • Head of a man with a skin disease on his mouth. Coloured stipple engraving by S. Tresca after Moreau-Valvile, c. 1806.
  • The face of a man, with mouth open wide, displaying a diseased area of tissue on the soft palate and uvula: includes a detail showing the progression of the disease in the mouth eleven days later. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1866.
  • Head of a man with a disease affecting his face (around the mouth and chin); a diseased penis, and a group of sores in detail. Watercolour by Christopher D' Alton, 1858.
  • The face of a man, with mouth open wide, displaying diseased areas of tissue on the soft palate and uvula: includes a detail showing additional areas of disease on the patient's gum and upper lip. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 18--.
  • Above, diseased skin on a mouth, showing symptoms of chancre of the lip, below, an open mouth with diseased tissue showing symptoms of chancre of the right tonsil. Colour lithograph after Mracek (?), ca. 1905.
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