Stories
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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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Revelations of blindness in the Middle Ages
Medieval texts, from Islamic medical treatises to Christian books of miracles, reveal surprisingly varied and complex experiences of blindness. But when medieval scholar Jude Seal experienced visual impairment themselves, they gained an even deeper understanding of the lives they were studying.
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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.
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Inside the mind of Ayurvedic Man’s curator, Bárbara Rodriguez Muñoz
The choices a curator makes – what goes in? what stays out? why? – are often as fascinating as the exhibition itself.
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Surgical instrument. Drawing with watercolour.
Reference: 493750i
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Surgical instrument. Drawing with watercolour.
Reference: 493751i
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Surgical instrument. Drawing with watercolour.
Reference: 493749i
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Surgical instrument: an anal speculum. Drawing with watercolour.
Reference: 493747i
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Surgical instrument-makers producing items in their workshop. Etching, 17--?.
Date: [between 1700 and 1799?]Reference: 568190i