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Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
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Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?
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The anatomy of a brain dissection
Dissecting the brain after death not only helps confirm a diagnosis, but it can also teach us so much more about the symptoms and causes of brain diseases and how to treat them.
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The mystery of the malignant brain
In 1884 a neurologist successfully used a patient’s symptoms, plus a new kind of map, to locate a brain tumour. Discover how his best-laid plans for treatment worked out.
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Chinese woodcut: Disease location: breast abscess
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NCT Journal Club: Randomised trial of infant sleep location on the postnatal ward
Date: 2007Reference: SA/NCT/N/2/2/19Part of: National Childbirth Trust (NCT)- Archives and manuscripts
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Lists of patients with acquired B antigen [location and disease given, individuals not identified]
Date: 1959-1973Reference: SA/BGU/F.5/3/3Part of: Medical Research Council Blood Group Unit (1935-1995)- Videos
The Russian disease.
Date: 1996
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Chinese woodcut: Abscess obstructing the throat