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Tracing the roots of our fears and fixations
Kate Summerscale explores the history of our anxieties and compulsions, and the new phobias and manias that are always emerging.
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The science of why things spread
From deadly pandemics to viral tweets, Adam Kucharski explores what makes something contagious.
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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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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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Call for abstracts for annual medical conference on emerging non-communicable diseases in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by the Ethiopian Medical Association, 2005.
Date: 2005Reference: 754317i- Pictures
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Call for abstracts for annual medical conference on emerging non-communicable diseases in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by the Ethiopian Medical Association, 2005.
Date: 2005Reference: 754315i- Books
Emerging infectious diseases from the global to the local perspective : a summary of a workshop of the Forum on Emerging Infections / Jonathan R. Davis and Joshua Lederberg, editors.
Date: [2001], ©2001- Books
Public health systems and emerging infections : assessing the capabilities of the public and private sectors : workshop summary / Jonathan R. Davis and Joshua Lederberg, editors ; based on a workshop of the Forum on Emerging Infections, Division of Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine.
Date: 2000- Books
Fungal diseases : an emerging threat to human, animal, and plant health : workshop summary / LeighAnne Olsen, [and others], rapporteurs ; Forum on Microbial Threats, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Date: [2011], ©2011