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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.

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The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist

Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.

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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs

The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.

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Bubbles of history

Since the 1960s, scientists have been able to study the air from past centuries by analysing particles in Arctic ice samples. But as the polar ice melts, the future of this research is changing.

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  • College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York. Coloured wood engraving.
  • The faculty of physicians and surgeons of Glasgow. Photograph by Barclay Bros., 1901.
  • Memorials of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 1599-1850 : with a sketch of the rise and progress of the Glasgow Medical School and of the medical profession in the west of Scotland / [Alexander Duncan].
  • A catalogue of the fellows, candidates, and licentiates of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A catalogue of the fellows, candidates, and licentiates, of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Skeletons of a male giant and a female dwarf, displayed at the Royal College of Surgeons. Process print.
  • A fight between the Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians and the licentiates of Scotland in 1767. Watercolour.
  • Lectures on physiology, zoology, and the natural history of man, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons / by W. Lawrence.
  • Watsonia pillansii L.Bolus Iridaceae Bugle lily, Distribution: South Africa. Named for Sir William Watson (1715-1787), British botanist and physician, sometime censor at the Royal College of Physicians, London. No medicinal uses. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Watsonia pillansii L.Bolus Iridaceae Bugle lily, Distribution: South Africa. Named for Sir William Watson (1715-1787), British botanist and physician, sometime censor at the Royal College of Physicians, London. No medicinal uses. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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