Stories
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The original drama of operating theatres
Medicine as ‘theatre’ began in the 16th century, when paying audiences enjoyed candlelight, live music – and a cadaver being dissected in front of them, all the in name of education.
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
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Wonder years
The confusion and secrecy surrounding his condition seriously affected Chris’s mental health, blighting his teenage years. But somehow he began to hope and plan for the future.
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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Graduation: University of London Presentation Day
Date: 1934Reference: WTI/SGB/A.10/6Part of: Browne, Stanley George, CMG, OBE, MD, FRCS, FRCP, DTM (1907-1986)- Books
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Remarks by the professor of surgery, on a communication from the Senatus Academicus, to the Lord Provost, magistrates, and council of the City of Edinburgh, addressed to the College Committee.
Date: 1831- Books
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Remarks by the professor of surgery, on a communication from the Senatus Academicus, to the Lord Provost, magistrates, and council of the City of Edinburgh, addressed to the College Committee.
Date: 1831- Books
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Introductory address delivered at Surgeon's Hall, Edinburgh, at the opening of the medical session, October 1866 / by Patrick Heron Watson.
Watson, Patrick Heron, 1832-1907.Date: 1867- Books
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The lecturers on surgery at St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1731-1906.
Power, D'Arcy, 1855-1941.Date: [1907]