Stories
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Printing the body
The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
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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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Eléments de pathologie chirurgicale.
Nélaton, Auguste, 1807-1873.Date: 1868-[84]- Pictures
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A physician in his surgery examining a little boy's tongue, his sister waits for him holding a large umbrella. Wood engraving after H.B. Roberts.
Roberts, Henry Benjamin, 1831-1915.Date: [1868]Reference: 21864i- Videos
Blood and guts: a history of surgery. Part 4, Fixing faces.
Date: 2008