Stories
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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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Demanding a diagnosis for invisible pain
After dozens of hospital visits and handfuls of painkillers, a plethora of scans and tests bring diagnosis closer for Jaipreet Virdi.
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The pain that punished feminists
In a society that viewed getting the vote, and pursuing an education and career, as unnatural goals for women, the pain of endometriosis was viewed as nature’s retribution.
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On penetrating gunshot wounds of the abdomen : an experimental study and clinical review / by Aug. Schachner.
Schachner, August, 1865-1941.Date: [1890]- Books
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Text book of abdominal surgery : a clinical manual for practitioners and students / by Skene Keith, assisted by George E. Keith.
Date: 1894- Books
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Modern abdominal surgery : the Bradshaw lecture delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, December 18th, 1890 : with an appendix on the castration of women / by Sir T. Spencer Wells.
Date: 1891- Books
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Rectal insufflation of hydrogen gas : an infallible test in the diagnosis of visceral injury of the gastro-intestinal canal in penetrating wounds of the abdomen / by N. Senn.
Senn, Nicholas, 1844-1908.Date: 1888- Books
Under the knife : a history of surgery in 28 remarkable operations / Arnold van de Laar.
Laar, Arnold van deDate: 2018