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Remote diagnosis from wee to the Web

Medical practice might have moved on from when patients posted flasks of their urine for doctors to taste, but telehealth today keeps up the tradition of remote diagnosis – to our possible detriment.

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Born different

For Chris North, being born intersex in the 1940s meant his many childhood hospital visits, tests and operations were not explained or discussed. As he reveals, doctors encouraged strict secrecy.

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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.

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The cook who became a pariah

New York, 1907. Mary Mallon spreads infection, unaware that her name will one day become synonymous with typhoid.

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  • The evolution of urine analysis : an historical sketch of the clinical examination of urine lecture memoranda, South African Medical Congress, Johannesburg, 1912.
  • A man consulting a physician who examines a flask of his urine. Engraving, 1644.
  • Physician examining urine.
  • Hezekiah lies sick in his bed; a doctor examines his urine. Process print, 1931, after J. Lamsveld, c. 1700.
  • The plague in Leiden in 1574: a doctor examines a urine flask surrounded by the ill, the dying and the dead. Line engraving.
  • Apothecary examining urine, 15th century
  • Miniature: a physician examining a urine flask.
  • M0007294: A physician examining a urine specimen
  • M0007294: A physician examining a urine specimen
  • M0007294: A physician examining a urine specimen
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