Stories
- Article
The politics and power of audio-description
Traditional theatre audio-description often lets down artists and audiences. But, done well, it has the potential to be a force for creativity as well as accessibility.
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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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Printing the body
The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.
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Making sunstroke insanity
Medical historian Dr Kristin Hussey takes a closer look at sunstroke and mental illness, and how, in the late 19th century, they connected at the crossroads of colonial science and the idea of whiteness.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
National Assistance Bill
Date: 1947-1948Reference: SA/BMA/F.118Part of: British Medical Association- Archives and manuscripts
Notes by Mr D Ernsting on Woodbine House Public Assistance Institution and Emergency Medical Services Hospital
Date: 1939-1945Reference: GC/251/2Part of: D Ernsting (1913-2007): papers on Poor Law/Public Assistance Institutions- Archives and manuscripts
Public Assistance Domiciliary
Date: 1930-1939Reference: SA/BMA/F.157-158Part of: British Medical Association- Books
- Online
L'oeuvre de l'Assistance publique à Paris contre la tuberculose (1896-1905) / Administration générale de l'Assistance publique à Paris.
Administration générale de l'assistance publique à Paris.Date: 1905- Books
- Online
Assistance et traitement des idiots, imbéciles, débiles, dégénérés amoraux, crétins, épileptiques; adultes et enfants. Assistance et traitement des alcooliques, colonies familiales / par le Dr Pornain.
Pornain, Louis Charles Léon.Date: 1900