Stories
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On contagion
Reading descriptions of the way humans become infested by parasitic flatworms, Daisy Lafarge experienced painful physical symptoms. Perhaps the very creature she was studying had invaded her body.
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Hysteria
Mental health and emotional symptoms are common during menopause, but a long history of dismissing sufferers as 'hysterical women', at the mercy of their emotions has made it much harder to discuss these issues and to get support.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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The metamorphosis of masturbation
Throughout history, medics and campaigners have tried to stamp out masturbation – but is modern science transforming its reputation?
Catalogue
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The Corpus / Hippocrates ; foreword by Conrad Fischer.
Hippocrates.Date: [2008], ©2008- Archives and manuscripts
Hippocrates (460-375 B.C.) (& others)
Date: c.1625Reference: MS.356- Books
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Hippocrates contractus, in quo magni Hippocratis, medicorum principis, opera omnia in brevem epitomen summa diligentia redacta habentur / studio & opera Thomæ Burnet.
HippocratesDate: 1685- Books
Greek medicine from Hippocrates to Galen : selected papers / by Jacques Jouanna ; edited with a preface by Philip van der Eijk, translated by Neil Allies.
Jouanna, Jacques.Date: 2012- Books
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Hippocrates contractus : in quo magni Hippocratis, medicorum principis, opera omnia in brevem epitomen summa diligentia redacta habentur. Studio & opera Thomæ Burnet, M.D. medici regii, & colegii regii medicorum Edinburgensium socii.
HippocratesDate: 1686