Stories
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Bleeding healthy
For thousands of years, and in many different cultures, people have practised bloodletting for health and medical reasons. Julia Nurse explains where and when bleeding was used, how it was done, and why.
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The tale of the toxic kidneys
In 1954 a serendipitous coming together of skills and circumstances allowed the first successful organ transplant to take place. Read how Richard Herrick’s life was prolonged by his identical twin’s generosity.
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The secret hystery of a womb
A Renaissance image of a caesarean section inspired Anna Blundy to recount the story of a hidden, perhaps mysterious part of her body.
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The ambivalence of air
Daisy Lafarge investigates the effects of air quality and pressure on body and mind, exploring air as cure, but one with contradictions.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
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Nosebleeds
Date: c.1960s-1970sReference: PP/RJH/C.5/1Part of: Hetherington, Robert J- Pictures
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Dona Mercedes Velasco's recovery from nosebleed after prayer to the Lord of the Abandoned. Oil painting, 1854.
Date: 1854Reference: 44910i- Pictures
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A maid puts a key down a man's shirt to stop his nosebleed. Lithograph, c. 1835-1841.
Reference: 16472i- Books
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Disputatio medica veram pathologiam haemorrhagiarum narium sistens ... / respondens Christophorus Berghauer.
Berghauer, Christoph.Date: [1704]- Digital Images
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Equisetum arvense (Horsetail)
Rowan McOnegal