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 search for a cure for endometriosis
Discover how a white American doctor’s experimental operations on black female slaves laid the foundations for modern gynaecological surgery.
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Hands-on healthcare
A young hospital volunteer feared her contribution was a long way from the serious business of real healthcare. But time spent painting patients’ nails proved to be a valuable contribution to life on the ward.
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How shame makes us sick
The fight-or-flight response can have long-term consequences for our bodies if left unchecked. Lucia Osborne-Crowley investigates how shame and trauma are connected, and how both can lead to chronic ill health.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Diseases of the liver: fourth series 1905
Date: 1899-1952Reference: PP/FPW/B.191/4Part of: Parkes Weber, Frederick (1863-1962)- Books
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Inaugural dissertation on the connexion between some diseases of the liver and of the intestines : submitted to the Medical Faculty of the University of Edinburgh, / by F. Beaugeard.
Date: 1855- Books
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Notes of a recent case of soft cancer of the liver, co-existent with hydatid : with observations as to the possible relation between the two diseases / by Thomas Shearman Ralph.
Ralph, T. S. (Thomas Shearman), 1813-1892.Date: [1878]- Books
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On the minute anatomy and pathology of Bright's disease of the kidney, and on the relation of the renal disease to those diseases of the liver, heart, and arteries, with which it is commonly associated / by George Johnson.
Johnson, George, 1818-1896.Date: [1845]- Books
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Remarks on hepatic phlebotomy, and puncturing the liver's capsule, as curative procedures in hepatic disease.
Harley, George, 1829-1896.Date: [1886]