Stories
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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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London, city of lost hospitals
Come on the trail of hundreds of ghost hospitals, whose remnants hold clues to medical treatments of the past.
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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
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The problem of the punctured heart
During World War II a young American surgeon working in England perfected shrapnel-removal techniques that saved dozens of lives. Discover how one case sealed his reputation as the founder of cardiac surgery.
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Rules and orders of the Hospitals for the Small-pox and Inoculation.
Hospitals for the Small-pox and Inoculation (London, England)Date: 1767- Books
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Rules and orders of the Hospitals for the Small-pox and Inoculation.
Hospitals for the Small-pox and Inoculation (London, England)Date: [1796]- Ephemera
Sir, you are desired to dine with his grace the Duke of Grafton, president, his grace the Duke of Northumberland, the most hon.ble the Marquis of Carmarthen, Thomas Lucas esq.r, Benjamin Hopkins esq.r, chamberlain, vice presidents, Charles Maverly esq.r treasurer, & the rest of the governors of the Hospitals for the Small Pox and Inoculation, at the London Tavern, on Tuesday the 6th of May 1777, at 3 o'clock... / Rob.t Reynolds.
Reynolds, Robert.Date: 1777- Ephemera
To the governors of the Hospitals for the Small-Pox and Inoculation : gentlemen, I recommend.
Hospitals for the Small-pox and Inoculation (London, England)Date: [1780?]- Books
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A memorial from the building committee of the governors of the Hospitals for the Small-Pox and for Inoculation.
Hospital for the Small-Pox and Inoculation (St. Pancras, London, England)Date: 1792]