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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.

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  • A medical practitioner examining a urine flask and referring to a book, while the patient waits for the diagnosis;, two assistants are preparing ingredients in the background. Mezzotint by R. Purcell, 1766, after D. Teniers, the younger.
  • An embarrassed female patient is caught undressed by a leering medical assistant. Colourprocess print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • The medical assistant, or Jamaica practice of physic. Designed chiefly for the use of families and plantations / [Thomas Dancer].
  • The medical assistant, or Jamaica practice of physic. Designed chiefly for the use of families and plantations / [Thomas Dancer].
  • A woman lying on her back with her legs raised during labour, while a medical professional assists with the birth.
  • A coal mine in the human brain; representing medical assistance by Tomasz Judym to industrial workers. Colour lithograph by Wongel, 1976.
  • Superb virility of manhood : giving the causes and simple home methods of curing the weaknesses of men / by Bernarr Macfadden, assisted by various medical and other authorities.
  • Henry Addington as a medical practitioner bleeding the exhausted John Bull, assisted by other politicians; representing Britain's strength being sapped by nepotism in politics and by war with Napoleon. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1803.
  • An HIV positive woman with her child representing an advertisement for free medicine and medical care for people with HIV or AIDS as part of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program by the New York State Health Department and New York City. Colour lithograph.
  • An HIV positive man with his partner representing an advertisement for free medicine and medical care for people with HIV or AIDS as part of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program by the New York State Health Department and New York City. Colour lithograph.
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