Stories
- In pictures
The original drama of operating theatres
Medicine as ‘theatre’ began in the 16th century, when paying audiences enjoyed candlelight, live music – and a cadaver being dissected in front of them, all the in name of education.
- Article
The mystery of the malignant brain
In 1884 a neurologist successfully used a patient’s symptoms, plus a new kind of map, to locate a brain tumour. Discover how his best-laid plans for treatment worked out.
- Article
The blight of the ballooning blood vessels
In 1817 an emergency operation on a London porter was hailed a ‘success’ despite the patient’s swift demise. Find out how this case became a landmark in vascular surgery.
- In pictures
How chloroform shaped the murder mystery
Find out how a sweet-smelling liquid anaesthetic captured the public’s imagination and changed pop culture for ever.
Catalogue
- Books
Operation crisis : surgical care in the developing world during conflict and disaster / edited by Adam L. Kushner.
Date: 2017- Books
Operation Ebola : surgical care during the West African outbreak / edited by Sherry M. Wren and Adam L. Kushner ; foreword by David B. Hoyt.
Date: 2017- Videos
Operation hospital.
Date: 1992- Videos
Operation hospital.
Date: 1992- Videos
Operation hospital.
Date: 1992