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Medics and the bomb

Would a nuclear attack on the UK overwhelm the NHS? At the height of the Cold War, despite government optimism, medics predicted doom.

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Medics, migration and the NHS

In the 1960s the NHS became Britain’s biggest employer. So to help fill all those jobs, the government brought in thousands of workers from abroad.

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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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Stigma, schizophrenia and being transgender

When he was diagnosed with schizophrenia, Ashley McFord-Allister discovered that the medical world will not continue gender confirmation treatment while treating a mental health condition. Here he exposes the prejudice behind this attitude.

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  • British medical societies / edited by Sir D'Arcy Power.
  • The Amico-medical Society, (No. 3) Soho Square.
  • Bulletin of the Society of Medical History of Chicago.
  • The Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London.
  • The Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London.
  • Members of the Canton Medical Society. Photograph, 1907.
  • Transactions of a Society for the Improvement of Medical and Chirurgical Knowledge.
  • Names of officers of the Honorable Medico Docti Fill Your Belly Society, a spoof medical society. Lithograph, 1834.
  • Histoire de la Société royale de médecine année 1776-1789 : avec les Mémoires de médecine and de physique médicale.
  • Histoire de la Société royale de médecine année 1776-1789 : avec les Mémoires de médecine and de physique médicale.
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