Stories
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Printing the body
The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.
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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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Making sunstroke insanity
Medical historian Dr Kristin Hussey takes a closer look at sunstroke and mental illness, and how, in the late 19th century, they connected at the crossroads of colonial science and the idea of whiteness.
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It’s getting mighty crowded
Mid-20th-century population-density research on mice produced a whiskered apocalypse, predicted to become the fate of humans too. But perhaps a more compassionate approach could fend this off.
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The outlines of general pathology / by M.L. Linton.
Linton, M. L. (Moses L.), 1808-1872.Date: 1851- Books
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Elements of general pathology : a practical treatise on the causes, forms, symptoms, and results of disease / by Alfred Stillé.
Stillé, Alfred, 1813-1900.Date: 1848- Books
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A treatise on general pathology / by J. Henle ; translated from the German by Henry C. Preston.
Henle, Jacob, 1809-1885.Date: 1853- Books
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Principles of pathological anatomy : adapted to the Cyclopedia of practical medicine and Andral's elements / by J. Hope.
Hope, James, 1801-1841.Date: 1845- Books
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Lectures on surgical pathology : delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England / by James Paget.
Paget, James, Sir, 1814-1899.Date: 1860