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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
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The extraction of the excruciating bladder stones
Among those vying to find alternatives to major surgery for bladder stones, young doctor Jean Civiale stood out, painstakingly honing a method that was to become the norm.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Lister Institute, Medical Research Council
Date: Jun 1964 - Jul 1964Reference: PENROSE/2/42/8/1/13Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
West Herts Hospital
Date: Feb 1961 - Jul 1964Reference: PENROSE/2/42/8/1/24Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Videos
- Online
Maths and physics for anaesthetists : blood gas analysis.
Date: 1977- Archives and manuscripts
Chromosome Analysis
Date: Jul 1967 - Dec 1967Reference: PENROSE/2/20/14/6Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Videos
Maths and physics for anaesthetists : blood gas analysis.
Date: 1977