Stories
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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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Illness and the influence of the stars
Could alien germs from space have caused major pandemics across the world? Taras Young investigates the ideas of a few unconventional scientists who believe this to be the case.
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The extraction of the excruciating bladder stones
Among those vying to find alternatives to major surgery for bladder stones, young doctor Jean Civiale stood out, painstakingly honing a method that was to become the norm.
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Can isolation lead to manipulation?
Military-funded researchers wanted to know if isolation techniques could facilitate brainwashing. One neuroscientist suggested that it might improve our own control over our minds.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
5. Organs, Embryos
Date: 1965-1989Reference: PP/MIA/A/4/4Part of: Professor Michael Ashburner: archives- Archives and manuscripts
2. Cytology mutagenes larvae
Date: 1960-1988Reference: PP/MIA/A/4/1Part of: Professor Michael Ashburner: archives- Archives and manuscripts
3. Fly tissue culture
Date: 1962-1987Reference: PP/MIA/A/4/2Part of: Professor Michael Ashburner: archives- Archives and manuscripts
4. Histochemistry in situ transformation
Date: 1979-1990Reference: PP/MIA/A/4/3Part of: Professor Michael Ashburner: archives- Archives and manuscripts
DNA Techniques
Date: September 1982-April 1987Reference: PP/SUL/A/1/1/29Part of: John Sulston: archives