Stories
- Article
The hell of hay fever
After years suffering in silence, David Jesudason finds speaking out about his pollen allergy gives him hope for a future where his hay-fever symptoms are under control.
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The doctor who challenged the unicorn myth
Our era of fake news and medical misinformation is nothing new. Estelle Paranque relays the thrusts and parries of a 440-year-old row over a magical cure-all, the unicorn horn.
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NHS strikes and the decade of discontent
When the social unrest of the 1970s spread to the NHS, dissatisfied staff challenged the status quo for the first time in quarter of a century.
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The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist
Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.
Catalogue
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[Royal College of Surgeons, Honorary Fellow]
Date: 10 Mar 1932Reference: WA/HSW/PE/B.15Part of: Personal papers of Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853-1936)- Books
The non-resident fellowships of the Royal College / a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.Date: 1856- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence sent by the Royal College of Surgeons
Date: 1808-1854Reference: MS.7203/72-75Part of: Royal College of Surgeons- Archives and manuscripts
Fellow of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow
Date: 1955Reference: PP/EJW/A.15/17/3- Books
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The speculum : its moral tendencies / by a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.Date: 1857