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The tradesman who confronted the pestilence

The City of London, 1665. As the Great Plague hits the capital, John New faces a deadly dilemma.

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When depression is worse than physical illness

Chronic physical illnesses can be accompanied by troubling depressive symptoms. Elly Aylwin-Foster urges doctors to treat every aspect of her condition with the same care.

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Virtual reality and the fix of the future

Virtual reality, with its complex sensory tricks, takes us beyond the real world. Find out how these potentially addictive experiences can harm us – or might even have therapeutic uses.

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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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  • A treatise on some practical points relating to the diseases of the eye / by the late John Cunningham Saunders ... To which are addded, a short account of the author's life, and his method of curing the congenital cataract, by ... J.R. Farre, M.D.
  • A treatise on some practical points relating to the diseases of the eye / by the late John Cunningham Saunders ... To which are addded, a short account of the author's life, and his method of curing the congenital cataract, by ... J.R. Farre, M.D.
  • Vignettes of Peel's first ministry surrounded by eight figures representing certain professions. Coloured lithograph, 1835.
  • Vignettes of Peel's first ministry surrounded by eight figures representing certain professions. Coloured lithograph, 1835.
  • A doctor and nurse prescribing new medicines for their patient; representing Britain under a new government. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1842.
  • The cottage in Wrington, where John Locke was born. Etching after G. Harrison, 1837.
  • Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a lady's maid. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a lady's maid. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Two Oxford dons manhandling a woman representing Religion, trying to pull her towards or away from the requirement that Oxford University should have to subscribe to the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England. Etching by Athanasius Credo, 1773.
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