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The eyes have it

In 1583, eye specialist Georg Bartisch published a book detailing the treatments he’d developed for various eye disorders. Today his approach seems to mix surprising innovation with entirely contemporary religious judgement.

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Spanish flu and the depiction of disease

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed many millions more than World War I did. Find out why contemporary artistic depictions of its devastating impact are so rare.

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Two health centres, two ideologies

Two futuristic, light-filled buildings aimed to bring forward-looking healthcare to city dwellers. But the principles behind each were very different.

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Public health campaigns and the ‘threat’ of disability

By continuing to represent disability as the feared outcome of disease, public health campaigns help to perpetuate prejudice against disabled people.

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  • Plate 8. Illustration of various eye diseases
  • Eye diseases and surgical instruments. Line engraving by F. Sesone, 1749.
  • The diagnosis and treatment of the diseases of the eye / by Henry W. Williams.
  • Special treatment and cure without operation : Mr. Ison's system of treatment of eye and ear diseases is simply perfection ... / Ison's Eye aand Ear Dispensary Ltd.
  • The ophthalmoscope : its mode of application explained, and its value shown, in the exploration of internal diseases affecting the eye / by Jabez Hogg.
  • A treatise of one hundred and thirteene diseases of the eyes, and eye-liddes. The second time published / with some profitable additions of certaine principles and experiments, by Richard Banister.
  • A treatise of the diseases of the horny-coat of the eye, and the various kinds of cataracts. To which is prefix'd, a method ... of scarifying the eyes / [Benedict Duddell].
  • A treatise of the diseases of the horny-coat of the eye, and the various kinds of cataracts. To which is prefix'd, a method ... of scarifying the eyes / [Benedict Duddell].
  • A treatise of the diseases of the horny-coat of the eye, and the various kinds of cataracts. To which is prefix'd, a method ... of scarifying the eyes / [Benedict Duddell].
  • A clinical memoir on certain diseases of the eye and ear, consequent on inherited syphilis : with an appended chapter of commentaries on the transmission of syphilis from parent to offspring, and its more remote consequences / by Jonathan Hutchinson.
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