Stories
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Book design, dissected
Gwen Smith talks to art director Peter Dyer about imagery, colour, type and staying true to the pages within.
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Getting under the skin
Before the invention of X-ray in 1895 there was really only one way to accurately study the human body, and that was to cut it open.
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What is hysteria?
Hysteria has long been associated with fanciful myths, but its history reveals how it has been used to control women’s behaviour and bodies
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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Copy 3
Date: 1916Reference: MS.5060Part of: Witkowski, Gustave Joseph Alphonse (1844-1923)- Archives and manuscripts
Copy 1
Date: 1916Reference: MS.5058Part of: Witkowski, Gustave Joseph Alphonse (1844-1923)- Archives and manuscripts
Copy 2
Date: 1916Reference: MS.5059Part of: Witkowski, Gustave Joseph Alphonse (1844-1923)- Archives and manuscripts
Copy 4
Date: 1916Reference: MS.5061Part of: Witkowski, Gustave Joseph Alphonse (1844-1923)- Archives and manuscripts
Copy 5
Date: 1916Reference: MS.5062Part of: Witkowski, Gustave Joseph Alphonse (1844-1923)