Stories
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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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Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles
Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.
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How shame makes us sick
The fight-or-flight response can have long-term consequences for our bodies if left unchecked. Lucia Osborne-Crowley investigates how shame and trauma are connected, and how both can lead to chronic ill health.
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The intimate and invasive art of ethical taxidermy
Does displaying dead animals bring us closer to nature, or drive us further apart?
Catalogue
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Cancer of the stomach / by Christopher Graham.
Graham, Christopher.Date: 1908- Books
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Radical operation for cancer of the pyloric end of the stomach : review of 266 partial gastrectomies / William J. Mayo.
Mayo, William James, 1861-1939.Date: 1910- Books
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A case of gastro-enterostomy for cancer of the pylorus and stomach : good recovery : a new method of suture : with a note as to the patient's condition four months subsequently / by Arthur E. Barker.
Barker, Arthur E. J. (Arthur Edward James), 1850-1916.Date: 1886- Books
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Serial radiography of the stomach and duodenum ... / by Lewis Gregory Cole.
Cole, Lewis Gregory, 1874-1954.Date: [1912?]- Videos
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Epidemiology of cancer.
Date: 1974