Stories
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When skin bleaching goes wrong
Warnings about permanent health damage don’t deter those using skin-bleaching products for years on end. Read the story of one woman who suffered from liver failure after years of striving to be paler.
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The case for safe skin bleaching
Skin bleaching tends to attract a negative press for a whole host of reasons. But when used to treat medical problems, its positive side becomes clear.
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How your hairdresser could save your life
Barbers and hairdressers have a unique view of us – one that means they can spot potentially dangerous health problems. Find out how buzzcuts can lead to blood-pressure checks, and dip-dyes show the way to the dermatologist.
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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.
Catalogue
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Don't die young. Series 1, part 5, Skin.
Date: 2007- Pictures
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Anna Maria Herig, a girl with a skin disease: anterior view. Line engraving by C. Baron after J. de Sève, 1777.
Sève, Jacques de, active 1742-1788.Date: 1777Reference: 332i- Film
The treatment of congenital absence of the vagina.
Date: 1938 or 1941- Archives and manuscripts
Telangiectases etc (third series)
Date: 1937-1956Reference: PP/FPW/B.323/3Part of: Parkes Weber, Frederick (1863-1962)- Mixed materials
Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage / by Lewis A. Sayre.
Sayre, Lewis A. (Lewis Albert), 1820-1900.Date: 1877