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Lindsey Fitzharris’s prescription for writing

The Wellcome Book Prize shortlisted author of ‘The Butchering Art’ answers five questions on health, inspiration and storytelling.

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The ancient doctors who refused payment

The NHS might only be 70 years old, but the idea of free healthcare goes back to Ancient Greece, when devout doctors provided their services without charge.

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The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist

Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.

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Death and our digital ghosts

When we die, our data lives on. And as companies are increasingly spotting money-making opportunities from digital legacies, now could be the time to think about – and control – yours.

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  • Newspaper advertisement, "Les candidats republicains radicaux" with biography and woodcut portrait of G. de Mortillet.
  • Title vignette to Benjamin Franklin's biography: showing a scene in a harbour. Engraving with etching.
  • Stephen Hales, D.D., F.R.S. : an eighteenth century biography / by A.E. Clark-Kennedy.
  • The plant : a biography in a series of thirteen popular lectures / by M.J. Schleiden ; translated by Arthur Henfrey.
  • Translation of selected passages from De l'auscultation médiate (first edition) / by R. Théophile H. Laennec ; with a biography by William Hale-White.
  • Translation of selected passages from De l'auscultation médiate (first edition) / by R. Théophile H. Laennec ; with a biography by William Hale-White.
  • Translation of selected passages from De l'auscultation médiate (first edition) / by R. Théophile H. Laennec ; with a biography by William Hale-White.
  • American medical biography: or, memoirs of eminent physicians who have flourished in America. To which is prefixed a succinct history of medical science in the United States from the first settlement of the country / By James Thacher ... Two volumes in one.
  • Biographie des sages-femmes célèbres, anciennes, modernes et contemporaines / [A. Delacoux].
  • Biographie des sages-femmes célèbres, anciennes, modernes et contemporaines / [A. Delacoux].
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