Stories
- Article
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.
- Article
Cocaine, the Victorian wonder drug
Today, cocaine has a very poor public image as one of the causes of crime and violence. But for the Victorians it was welcomed as the saviour of modern surgery.
- Article
The search for a cure for endometriosis
Discover how a white American doctor’s experimental operations on black female slaves laid the foundations for modern gynaecological surgery.
- Book extract
The castration effect
Discover how testosterone – or the lack of it – affects the male body, from eunuch slaves to castrato singers, and on to hormone reduction in modern prostate cancer treatment.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Valentine Mott (1785-1865), pioneer of arterial surgery
Date: 19th centuryReference: MS.7338/8-10Part of: Miscellany: American figures, 19th century- Archives and manuscripts
Thomas D. Müller (fl. 19th century), Philadelphia professor of surgery
Date: 19th centuryReference: MS.7428/1Part of: Miscellany: United States of America, 19th-20th centuries- Archives and manuscripts
Part of a manuscript by Sédillot, headed "Religions et Science" and comprising notes on various publications
Date: 19th centuryReference: MS.7619/17Part of: Sédillot, Joseph (1738-1825), Sédillot, Jean (1757-1840) and Sédillot, Charles Emmanuel (1804-1883)- Archives and manuscripts
Notes by Syme on the responsibilities of the Professor of Clinical Surgery and on his relations with the other Professors
Date: 19th centuryReference: MS.7688/21-23Part of: Syme, James (1799-1870), surgeon- Archives and manuscripts
Bankart, James (1834-1902), surgeon and ophthalmologist
Bankart, James (1834-1902), MB Lond, FRCSDate: Mid 19th century - late 19th centuryReference: PP/JBA