Stories
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The case of the cancerous stomach
Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.
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The birth of Britain's National Health Service
Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.
- Book extract
The castration effect
Discover how testosterone – or the lack of it – affects the male body, from eunuch slaves to castrato singers, and on to hormone reduction in modern prostate cancer treatment.
- Book extract
Why the NHS is worth saving
In this extract from his latest book, ‘Free For All’, Dr Gavin Francis poses challenging questions to be addressed if a health service that’s free for all at the point of use is to remain possible.
Catalogue
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Conference : recent developments in prevention and therapy through Maharishi ayur-veda towards a disease-free society : new approaches to the prevention and treatment of heart disease, chronic disorders, cancer, AIDS : Royal College of Physicians, London, Monday 17 October 1988 / World Medical Association for Perfect Health - Great Britain.
Date: [1988?]- Books
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Further remarks on the treatment of uterine cancer, specially by gastric juice : with an appendix / by C.H.F. Routh.
Routh, C. H. F. (Charles Henry Felix), 1822-1909.Date: 1873- Books
Focus on - Sick patients with suspected cancer.
Date: 2008- Books
Drawing women's cancer : art, science and the lived experience / darwings by Jac Saorsa.
Saorsa, JacDate: [2013]- Books
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Onco' zine : a rough guide to cancer by people who have lived it. Experiment 01 / The Francis Crick Institute.
Date: [2020]