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Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles

Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.

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Are doctors medical detectives?

Do doctors really identify medical conditions in the same way that detectives solve crimes? Neurologist Jules Montague makes her diagnosis.

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The Ladies of Llangollen

As we celebrate LGBT History Month, Sarah Bentley explores the relationship between the two 18th-century women known as the Ladies of Llangollen.

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History of condoms from animal to rubber

Come on a journey from the first recorded condoms in the 16th century to the modern female condoms in the 1990s – and everything in between.

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  • Three episodes about Mr. Rapp, Mr. Manhug, Mr. Jones, Mr. Muff and Mr. Randle and their end of term frolics. Letterpress and wood engraving, 1842.
  • Three episodes about Mr. Rapp, Mr. Jones and Mr. Manhug - medical students out on a botany field trip. Letterpress and wood engraving, 1842.
  • Two episodes about three drunken medical students - Mr. Rapp, Mr. Manhug and Mr. Jones arriving back at their digs. Letterpress and wood engraving.
  • Three episodes about Mr. Randle looking after Mr. Muff's surgery while he was away in London at Mr. Rapp's party. Letterpress and wood engraving.
  • Mr Tutin (?). Photogravure.
  • Two episodes about three medical students - Mr. Rapp, Mr. Manhug and Mr. Jones out on a botany field trip at Windsor. Letterpress and wood engraving.
  • Testimonial of Mr. Robert Griffin.
  • Detail of Mr Michaeli, 1954
  • A married couple, Mr and Mrs Potts, arguing about Mr Potts's habit of tobacco smoking. Lithograph by T.H. Jones.
  • The dental punch of Mr. Rae.
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