Stories
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Healing hard-working hands
The names we use to describe different hand injuries tell us about history, gender and class. Occupational therapist María Cristina Jiménez explores those injuries, and the changing ways we talk about them.
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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
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An appendix to the Observations upon Mr. Pott's General remarks on fractures. By Thomas Kirkland, M. D.
Kirkland, Thomas, 1722-1798.Date: 1771- Books
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The conductor and containing splints; or, a description of two instruments, for the safer conveyance and more perfect cure of fractured legs: to which is now added, an account of two tourniquets upon a new construction. The whole illustrated with copper-plates; representing the several Instruments treated of. By Jonathan Wathen, Surgeon, F.A.S.
Wathen, Jonathan.Date: M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]- Books
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Case of a fracture of the sternum, by John Hale, Surgeon To The New Finsbury Dispensary.
Hale, John, active 18th century.Date: Printed In The Year MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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The manner of curing all fractures and dislocations, incident to humane bodies, by the means of bandages. Compiled by M. Lawrence Verduc, Sworn Master Surgeon at Paris.
Verduc, Laurent, -1695.Date: 1706- Books
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An essay on the fracture of the patella or kneepan. Containing A new and efficacious Method of treating that Accident, by which the Deformity and Lameness that arise from the old and common Mode of Treatment, are avoided. With observations on the fracture of the olecranon, by John Sheldon, F.R.S. And Professor Of Anatomy In The Royal Academy Of Arts, London.
Sheldon, John, 1752-1808.Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]