Stories
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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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Shakespeare and the four humours
Blood. Phlegm. Black bile. Yellow bile. The theory of the four humours informed many of Shakespeare's best-known characters, including the phlegmatic Falstaff.
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The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
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Abandoning daydreams of a life without diabetes
After years of longing for a cure for her type 1 diabetes, Daisy Watson Shaw, partly due to medical advances in managing the condition, has reached a state of acceptance. Her wishes now are for greater understanding.
Catalogue
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An illustrated message about how AIDS spreads; an advertisement for the National AIDS Control Organisation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Goverment of India. Colour lithograph by March 1993.
Date: Mar [19]93Reference: 677557i- Pictures
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An illustrated message about how AIDS spreads; an advertisement for the National AIDS Control Organisation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Goverment of India. Colour lithograph by March 1993.
Date: Mar [19]93Reference: 677558i- Pictures
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A drop of red blood amidst a black cross, star and crescent; set against a splattered pink and black background with a message to donate blood not shed it; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the Voluntary Health Association of India and the Manipur Voluntary Health Association. Colour lithograph by Ramesh Sukumar for VHAI, ca. 1995.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 677290i- Ephemera
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'Tes-Tape' : urine sugar test tape.
Date: [between 1954 and 1959?]- Archives and manuscripts
Health + Care Show 2015 - Exhibitors A-Al
Date: 2015Reference: ES/HAC2015/2Part of: Exhibitions and Shows