Stories
- Article
The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist
Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.
- Book extract
Why we need to decolonise healthcare
In this extract from ‘Divided’, Annabel Sowemimo describes the way her nana’s stroke and hospitalisation heightened her awareness of the need for us all to advocate for the health of others.
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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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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
Catalogue
- Journals
The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society.
Date: 1953-- Journals
Transactions of the Louisiana State Medical Society.
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Philosophical principles of education and their scientific application to the development and perfection of medical science : delivered before the Louisiana State Medical Society at its 10th annual session, Monroe, Louisiana, April 25th, 1888 / by Joseph Jones.
Jones, Joseph, 1833-1896.Date: [1888?]- Books
Report to the Louisiana State Medical Society, on the meteorology, vital statistics, and hygiene of the state of Louisiana / by E.H. Barton ... ; to which is added an appendix, showing the experience of life insurance companies in Louisiana, with tables of mortality for the use of such companies, and the laws of probability of life (English calculation): also, the experience of the London life insurance officers, etc., by H.G. Hearst.
Barton, E. H. (Edward H.), -1859.Date: 1851- Journals
New Orleans medical and surgical journal.
Date: -[1952]