Stories
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Autism assessments and me
When, as an adult, Mayanne Soret decided to get a formal diagnosis of her autism, she found that the series of assessments had a dishearteningly negative focus, seeming to frame her as a problem.
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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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Electrical epilepsy and the EEG Test
The EEG (electroencephalograph) literally electrified the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. But for Aparna Nair the dreaded EEG tests of her adolescence were a painful ordeal.
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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
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Laboratory diagnostic procedures in the rheumatic diseases / edited by Alan S. Cohen ; foreword by Charles A. Ragan.
Date: 1967- Books
Arsenal du diagnostic médical : recherches sur les thermomètres, les balances, les instruments d'exploration des organes respiratoires, de l'appareil cardio-vasculaire, du système nerveux, les spéculums uteri et les laryngoscopes / par Maurice Jeannel.
Jeannel, Maurice.Date: 1873
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Symptomatology, or, The art of detecting disease : a lecture occasionally read to the pupils at the Westminster Hospital, and published according to their request : to which are added, tables of symptoms / by Alex. P. Buchan.
Buchan, A. P. (Alexander Peter), 1764-1824.Date: 1824- Books
Methods of diagnosis / by Logan Clendening and Edward H. Hashinger.
Clendening, Logan, 1884-1945.Date: 1947- Books
Clinical examination : a textbook for students and doctors by teachers of the Edinburgh Medical School / editor John Macleod ; foreword by Sir Stanley Davidson.
Date: 1973