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Graphic battles in pharmacy

James Morison’s campaign against the medical establishment inspired a wave of caricatures mocking his quack medicine.

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Bringing biotech to the people

Amateur scientists have inspired all kinds of frightening scenarios, from Frankenstein’s monster to ‘The Fly’ and ‘Breaking Bad’. But it can be a force for good. Today’s DIYbio enthusiasts are having fun – and even making lucrative breakthrough discoveries.

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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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A history of gestation outside the body

It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.

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  • Laboratory equipment, eppendorfs in rack
  • Imperial Bacteriological Laboratory, Muktesar, Punjab, India: laboratory kitchen interior with equipment on tables. Photograph, 1897.
  • Yellow fever: laboratory equipment. Photographs, 1910/1930 (?).
  • Yellow fever: laboratory equipment. Photograph, 1910/1930 (?).
  • Price list : effective 1 January 1993 : laboratory equipment / Techne (Cambridge) Limited.
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