Stories
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The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist
Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.
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The cook who became a pariah
New York, 1907. Mary Mallon spreads infection, unaware that her name will one day become synonymous with typhoid.
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The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
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How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory
A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.
Catalogue
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Rutgers Medical College, Duane-Street, New York.
Date: [1826?]- Journals
The journal of the New York Medical College, Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals.
Date: 1959-- Books
The New York Medical College 1782-1906 / by Abraham Jacobi.
Jacobi, A. (Abraham), 1830-1919.Date: 1917
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Rutgers Medical Faculty of Geneva College, Duane-Street, New-York.
Date: [1829]
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Rutgers Medical Faculty--Geneva College, Duane-Street, New-York.
Date: [Sept. 29, 1828]