Stories
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The problem of the punctured heart
During World War II a young American surgeon working in England perfected shrapnel-removal techniques that saved dozens of lives. Discover how one case sealed his reputation as the founder of cardiac surgery.
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When depression is worse than physical illness
Chronic physical illnesses can be accompanied by troubling depressive symptoms. Elly Aylwin-Foster urges doctors to treat every aspect of her condition with the same care.
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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.
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How to thrive in lockdown
Gareth Berliner shares how being a Disabled person has given him the resilience and motivation to find a new creative challenge during lockdown.
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Mitral stenosis : a clinical lecture, delivered at the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, 1889 / by T.D. Acland.
Acland, Theodore Dyke, 1851-1931.Date: 1889- Books
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The pharmacopoeia of the Hospital for Diseases of the Throat and Chest (Golden Square) : based on the British pharmacopoeia / edited by Morell Mackenzie.
Hospital for Diseases of the Throat and Chest (London, England)Date: 1881- Archives and manuscripts
'The Institute of Diseases of the Chest - A Retrospect and A Prospect. J G Scadding. Address given on the occasion of the Open Day held on 2nd October, 1970, to mark the 21st annivaersary of the Institute's first premises'
Date: 1970Reference: GC/44/2Part of: Scadding, Professor John Guyett- Books
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The action and uses of digitalis in cardiac failure : a clinical lecture delivered at the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, Brompton / by J. Mitchell Bruce.
Bruce, J. Mitchell (John Mitchell), 1846-1929.Date: 1906- Pictures
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The North London Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest: elevation view of the garden facade with balconies indicated, people walking among trees at ground level. Process print by Sprague & Co., ca.1879, after A. Howard.
Howard, A., active 1879.Reference: 21689i