Stories
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Getting the measure of pain
In the 20th century doctors tried to find a way to measure pain. But even when ‘objective’ measures were rejected, an accurate understanding of another’s pain remained frustratingly elusive.
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Coleridge’s hypochondria
An intense focus on his own bodily sensations led poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to self-medicate with narcotics. But this fascination also put Coleridge ahead of the medical sensibilities of his day.
Catalogue
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Anaesthetic Apparatus. Manufacturer's catalogue, p. 325.
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Patient being given chloroform (T) Chloroform bottle (B)
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Lab test of anaesthesia apparatus
Date: 1951-1985Reference: PP/HGE/B/A/5Part of: Dr Hans Georg Epstein (1909-2002)- Pictures
A dog on a laboratory bench sits up and begs the prospective vivisector for mercy. Engraving by C.J. Tomkins, 1883, after a painting by J. McClure Hamilton.
Hamilton, John McLure, 1853-1936.Date: 23 June 1883Reference: 25933i- Videos
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Nitrous oxide-oxygen-ether anaesthesia. No. 3.
Date: 1944