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Doctors and the English seaside

Fashionable seaside towns in England owe much of their popularity to 18th-century doctors, who advised them to take the 'sea cure'.

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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.

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The ancient doctors who refused payment

The NHS might only be 70 years old, but the idea of free healthcare goes back to Ancient Greece, when devout doctors provided their services without charge.

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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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  • M0007006: Manuscript page from <i>Livre des proprietez des choses</i> depicting a surgeon with a queue of patients
  • M0007079: Manuscript illustration of physician with patient drinking
  • M0007077: Manuscript illustration of three physicians and a patient
  • M0007081: Manuscript illustration of physicians with patient
  • M0007008: Manuscript page from <i>Livre des proprietez des choses</i> depicting a physician talking to patients
  • M0007078: Manuscript illustration of physician examining patient's chest
  • M0006918: A doctor visiting his patient
  • M0006875: A doctor treating patients
  • M0006958: Three doctors talking next to a patient lying in bed
  • M0007005: Manuscript page from <i>Livre des proprietez des choses</i> depicting two physicians examining a patient
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