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The making of ‘Quacks’

How do you create a medical comedy that’s authentic and laugh-out-loud funny?

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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 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.

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The extraction of the excruciating bladder stones

Among those vying to find alternatives to major surgery for bladder stones, young doctor Jean Civiale stood out, painstakingly honing a method that was to become the norm.

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  • Surgical Equipment
  • Veterinary and canine surgical instruments and equipment / A. Fleming & Co.
  • Veterinary and canine surgical instruments and equipment / A. Fleming & Co.
  • Veterinary and canine surgical instruments and equipment / A. Fleming & Co.
  • A reference list of surgical instruments and medical appliances, orthopædic and deformity apparatus, hospital furniture and equipment, electro-medical and surgical apparatus, etc / Allen & Hanburys Ltd.
  • A reference list of surgical instruments and medical appliances, orthopædic and deformity apparatus, hospital furniture and equipment, electro-medical and surgical apparatus, etc / Allen & Hanburys Ltd.
  • Surgical staff standing in an operating theatre with a lot of stainless steel equipment. Photograph by Bruce & Webster.
  • Surgical staff standing in an operating theatre with a lot of stainless steel equipment. Photograph by Bruce & Webster.
  • Illustrated catalogue of surgical instruments and appliances : manufactured and sold by Krohne & Sesemann, surgical instrument manufacturers, by appointment to the London Hospital (since 1860) also to numerous other hospitals and infirmaries throughout the United Kingdom.
  • American armamentarium chirurgicum / George Tiemann & Co.
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