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The tale of the toxic kidneys

In 1954 a serendipitous coming together of skills and circumstances allowed the first successful organ transplant to take place. Read how Richard Herrick’s life was prolonged by his identical twin’s generosity.

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NHS Blue: the colour of universal healthcare

The 1980s and 1990s saw ideas from the world of business infiltrating the NHS, including the introduction of an internal market, followed by a corporate branding exercise.

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Making sense of senses lost

In rapid succession, Steve Barker suddenly lost sight and hearing on his left side. The effect on how he perceives the world has been profound.

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The castration effect

Discover how testosterone – or the lack of it – affects the male body, from eunuch slaves to castrato singers, and on to hormone reduction in modern prostate cancer treatment.

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  • October 29 - November 1, 1990, Montreux, Switzerland : First announcement : Assessing AIDS prevention : international conference : abstract submission deadline June 15, 1990, registration deadline September 30, 1990 / Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne.
  • October 29 - November 1, 1990, Montreux, Switzerland : First announcement : Assessing AIDS prevention : international conference : abstract submission deadline June 15, 1990, registration deadline September 30, 1990 / Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne.
  • October 29 - November 1, 1990, Montreux, Switzerland : First announcement : Assessing AIDS prevention : international conference : abstract submission deadline June 15, 1990, registration deadline September 30, 1990 / Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne.
  • October 29 - November 1, 1990, Montreux, Switzerland : First announcement : Assessing AIDS prevention : international conference : abstract submission deadline June 15, 1990, registration deadline September 30, 1990 / Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne.
  • October 29 - November 1, 1990, Montreux, Switzerland : First announcement : Assessing AIDS prevention : international conference : abstract submission deadline June 15, 1990, registration deadline September 30, 1990 / Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne.
  • October 29 - November 1, 1990, Montreux, Switzerland : First announcement : Assessing AIDS prevention : international conference : abstract submission deadline June 15, 1990, registration deadline September 30, 1990 / Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne.
  • Anomalies and curiosities of medicine : being an encyclopedic collection of rare and extraordinary cases, and of the most striking instances of abnormality in all branches of medicine and surgery derived from an exhaustive research of medical literature from its origin to the present day / abstracted, classified, annotated, and indexed by George M. Gould and Walter L. Pyle.
  • Anomalies and curiosities of medicine : being an encyclopedic collection of rare and extraordinary cases, and of the most striking instances of abnormality in all branches of medicine and surgery derived from an exhaustive research of medical literature from its origin to the present day / abstracted, classified, annotated, and indexed by George M. Gould and Walter L. Pyle.
  • A guide to the practical physician, shewing from the most approved authors, both ancient and modern, the truest and latest way of curing all diseases, internal and external, whether by medicine, surgery, or diet ... To which is added an appendix concerning the office of a physician / Theoph. Bonet.
  • A guide to the practical physician, shewing from the most approved authors, both ancient and modern, the truest and latest way of curing all diseases, internal and external, whether by medicine, surgery, or diet ... To which is added an appendix concerning the office of a physician / Theoph. Bonet.
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