Stories
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Remote diagnosis from wee to the Web
Medical practice might have moved on from when patients posted flasks of their urine for doctors to taste, but telehealth today keeps up the tradition of remote diagnosis – to our possible detriment.
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Sex in graphic novels
Sex and sexuality have long been explored in the history of the graphic novel.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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Diagnosing the past
Historical texts rarely supply enough detail for a definitive diagnosis, so medical historians need to proceed with caution.
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An essay, on the operation of mercury, in the human body; in which, the manner how salivation is produced, by that medicine, is attempted to be explained: interspersed with observations on the treatment of the venereal disease. By Robert Maywood, M. D. Of The Isle Of Wight.
Maywood, Robert.Date: MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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A practical essay on the venereal disease. To which are subjoined observations on the causes and cure of tabes dorsalis. By J. Smyth, M.D.
Smyth, J. H. (J. Hamilton).Date: 1798- Books
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Observations on the venereal disease : with the true way of curing the same / by Charles Peter.
Peter, CharlesDate: 1686?- Books
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Lues venera. Or, a perfect cure of the French pox : wherein the names, nature, subject, causes and signes of the disease are handled. Mistakes in these discovered, doubts and questions succintly resolved. / By John Wynell. M.D.
Wynell, John, active 1660-1670.Date: 1660- Books
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New and curious observations on the art of curing the veneral disease and the accidents that it produces in all its degrees : explicatd by natural and mechanical principles with the motions, actions, and effects of mercury and its other remedies : wherein are discovered on the same subject the errours of some authors ... / written in French by Monsieur de Blegny ; Englished by Walter Harris.
Blégny, Monsieur de (Nicolas), 1652-1722Date: 1676