Stories
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Demanding a diagnosis for invisible pain
After dozens of hospital visits and handfuls of painkillers, a plethora of scans and tests bring diagnosis closer for Jaipreet Virdi.
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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 case of the cancerous stomach
Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.
Catalogue
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Manual of preoperative and postoperative care : by the Committee on Pre and Postoperative Care, American College of Surgeons ; editorial subcommittee, Henry T. Randall, James D. Hardy, Francis D. Moore.
American College of Surgeons. Committee on Pre and Postoperative Care.Date: 1967- Books
Illustrated preoperative and postoperative care / Philip Thorek.
Thorek, Philip.Date: [1958]- Books
Preoperative and postoperative care / by William J. Tourish and Frederick B. Wagner.
Tourish, William J. (William Joseph), 1902-Date: 1947- Books
Preoperative and postoperative care of surgical patients / by Hugh C. Ilgenfritz ; with foreword by Urban Maes.
Ilgenfritz, Hugh C. (Hugh Calvin), 1911-Date: 1948- Books
Postoperative treatment : an epitome of the general management of postoperative care and treatment of surgical cases as practised by prominent American and European surgeons together with suggestions concerning the technic of certain operations with a view to securing better postoperative results / by Nathan Clark Morse.
Morse, Nathan Clark, 1856-1919.Date: 1907