Stories
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The case of the cancerous stomach
Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.
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The blight of the ballooning blood vessels
In 1817 an emergency operation on a London porter was hailed a ‘success’ despite the patient’s swift demise. Find out how this case became a landmark in vascular surgery.
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Sharing breastmilk with parents
Alev Scott donated her frozen breastmilk to a hospital milk bank, but she was curious about other routes. Here she explores commercial operations and informal private arrangements.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
"Large Intestine" Book (MTP Press) Prints
Date: c. 1981Reference: PP/WRO/B/7/3/7Part of: Professor Oliver Wrong- Books
Large intestine / edited by John Alexander-Williams and Henry J. Binder.
Date: [1983]- Digital Images
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Large intestine channel of hand yangming, Chinese woodcut
- Digital Images
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Large intestine channel of arm yangming, C17/18 Chinese
- Books
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Localized bilharziosis of the large intestine / by Frank Cole Madden and Owen Richards.
Madden, Frank Cole, 1873-1929.Date: [1910]