Stories
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Why even plastic surgery can’t hide you from facial recognition
Once upon a time, plastic surgery allowed a few notorious criminals to evade the law. But today, sophisticated facial-recognition technology has turned dreams of anonymity to dust.
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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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The mystery of the malignant brain
In 1884 a neurologist successfully used a patient’s symptoms, plus a new kind of map, to locate a brain tumour. Discover how his best-laid plans for treatment worked out.
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The blight of the ballooning blood vessels
In 1817 an emergency operation on a London porter was hailed a ‘success’ despite the patient’s swift demise. Find out how this case became a landmark in vascular surgery.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
The Directory of Operating Theatres and Departments of Surgery
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCLDate: 1991Reference: GC/253/A/42/7/13Part of: Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars- Archives and manuscripts
The Directory of Operating Theatres and Departments of Surgery
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCLDate: 1996Reference: GC/253/A/42/7/15Part of: Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars- Archives and manuscripts
The Directory of Operating Theatres and Departments of Surgery
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCLDate: 1994Reference: GC/253/A/42/7/14Part of: Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars- Archives and manuscripts
Iggo - Institute for Scientific Information
Date: 1942-1986Reference: PP/MLV/C/9/1Part of: Vogt, Dr Marthe Louise (1903-2003)- Archives and manuscripts
History of Cervical Cancer Related Documents: Ian Duncan and Anne Johnson Papers
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCLDate: 1953-2009Reference: GC/253/A/38/8Part of: Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars