Stories
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Making sunstroke insanity
Medical historian Dr Kristin Hussey takes a closer look at sunstroke and mental illness, and how, in the late 19th century, they connected at the crossroads of colonial science and the idea of whiteness.
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A symbol of a lost homeland
The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.
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The tale of the toxic kidneys
In 1954 a serendipitous coming together of skills and circumstances allowed the first successful organ transplant to take place. Read how Richard Herrick’s life was prolonged by his identical twin’s generosity.
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My mother, and metaphors of a pandemic
A pandemic. Two members of one family, living thousands of miles apart. And months of calls and messages that helped them grow closer.
Catalogue
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On the removal of foreign bodies from the eye : with four cases / by Charles Stedman Bull.
Bull, Charles Stedman, 1844-1912.Date: [1880]- Books
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The clinical and pathological report of a case of a foreign body retained in an eye for twenty-six years / by Burton K. Chance.
Chance, Burton Kollock, 1868-1965.Date: 1902- Books
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Cases in practice / by Robert B. Carter.
Carter, Robert Brudenell, 1828-1918.Date: [1865]- Books
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Ophthalmia nodosa / by J.B. Lawford.
Lawford, J. B. (John Bowring)Date: [1895]- Pictures
A woman removing something from a man's eye while another man looks on. Etching by W. Geikie.
Geikie, Walter, 1795-1837.Date: 1885Reference: 16530i