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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.

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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians

Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.

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The blood notebooks

Novelist Rupert Thomson explores his unusual behaviour during a time of self-imposed isolation.

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On being a father with OCD

As a parent to young children, Ben Falk worries whether he could somehow pass his OCD on to them. Here’s what the experts say.

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  • King's College, Cambridge: the river façade of the Gibbs building. Engraving.
  • King's College Chapel, east range of the Old Schools and Senate house, Cambridge. Line engraving.
  • Bob Foster, the Cambridge flying barber, shaving a student. Coloured stipple engraving after I. Bearblock, of King's College.
  • M0006675: Illustration of the First Conference of Degrees in the Hall of King's College, University of London
  • King's College Chapel, east range of the Old Schools, and the Senate House, Cambridge. Line engraving by Neele & Son.
  • John Caius, master of Gonville and Caius College in the University of Cambridge, 1559-1573 : a biographical sketch written in commemoration of the Four-hundredth anniversary of his birth celebrated on the 6th day of October, 1910.
  • John Caius, master of Gonville and Caius College in the University of Cambridge, 1559-1573 : a biographical sketch written in commemoration of the Four-hundredth anniversary of his birth celebrated on the 6th day of October, 1910.
  • 'Molecular approaches to the therapy of HIV infection' : 9-11 July 1990 Robinson College, Cambridge.
  • A meeting on 'Molecular approaches to the therapy of HIV infection' : 9-11 July 1990 at Robinson College, Cambridge : registration form / The Society for Drug Research.
  • Molecular approaches to the therapy of HIV infection : a residential meeting at Robinson College, Cambridge : Monday - Wednesday 9-11 July 1990 / convened by Dr. B.C.L. Walker for The Society for Drug Research.
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