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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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We need less ‘sickle cell warriors’ and more allies

Rejecting the epithet “warrior”, Cheryl Telfer describes the pervasive effect sickle cell disease has on her life, and calls for more people to donate blood to help sicklers.

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How can I stop fainting?

Fed up with the faints that bolstered her fragile young snowflake image, Gwen Smith sought expert medical help to keep her upright in trying situations.

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Confusion, guilt, and the battle to breastfeed

Most new mums are told that breast is best. But breastfeeding doesn’t always come as easily or naturally as you might imagine.

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  • Tin-founders and pewterers making jugs, drinking vessels etc. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Five ornate German drinking vessels. Engraving by F. Fairholt, 19th century, after himself.
  • Twenty two ancient drinking vessels from an exhibition. Wood-engraving, c. 1873, after J. T. Balcomb.
  • Old Calabar, Nigeria: local people gathering drinking water from a river, filling vessels and washing clothes (?). Photograph, 1910/1920.
  • A bacchanalian scene with Pan sleeping and many drinking vessels left on a table. Etching by F. van den Wyngaerde after P. Rubens, mid 17th century.
  • A red drinking vessel obscured by purple grids. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • A bearded beggar dressed in a ragged cloak, holding a drinking vessel and a staff. Etching with engraving, possibly after J. Callot.
  • A naked man drinking from a large plate, surrounded by three pumpkins, a vessel and a peacock-feathered wand; representing the month August. Engraving.
  • Above, black lamp; below, drinking vessel with two handles, decorated with a winged figure holding an open box and an umbrella. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • A woman dressed in rags, possibly a beggar, standing barefoot on the ground, with her skirt hitched up, holding a staff and a drinking vessel. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
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