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The secret hystery of a womb

A Renaissance image of a caesarean section inspired Anna Blundy to recount the story of a hidden, perhaps mysterious part of her body.

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Beating the bodysnatchers

When a rise in grave robbing called for strong measures, mortsafes became the unassailable solution. Allison C. Meier explores.

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Eugenics and the welfare state

Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.

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The shape of thought

Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s description of the moment in 1887 when he saw a brain cell for the first time never fails to move neuroscientist Richard Wingate to tears. Here he captures that enduring sense of wonder.

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  • Cooke's School of Anatomy (London School of Anatomy), London: interior, showing anatomical specimens in a cupboard. Photograph, ca. 192-.
  • Cooke's School of Anatomy (London School of Anatomy), London: interior, showing a man with a skeleton. Photograph, ca. 192-.
  • Cooke's School of Anatomy (London School of Anatomy), London: interior, showing Edward Knight with anatomical specimens. Photograph, ca. 192-.
  • Cooke's School of Anatomy (London School of Anatomy), London: interior, showing Edward Knight with anatomical specimens. Photograph, ca. 192-.
  • Portrait of James Wilson, surgeon and teacher of anatomy at the Great Windmill Street School of Anatomy.
  • Edinburgh School of Anatomy: Christopher Martin (?) with students. Photograph, ca. 1889.
  • Photograph of London School of Tropical Medicine, 1903
  • London School of Tropical Medicine, 7th session.
  • London School of Tropical Medicine, 71st Session.
  • London School of Tropical Medicine, 23rd session
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