Stories
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A nasty history of the vaginal speculum
The vaginal speculum carries the weight of generations of preconceptions about morality, blame and attitudes to pain. Lalita Kaplish explores the history of the implement and how societies shaped its use.
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The art of scientific glassblowing
Exciting things happen when art, craft, engineering and science collide. Glassblower Gayle Price is proof of that.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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Revelations of blindness in the Middle Ages
Medieval texts, from Islamic medical treatises to Christian books of miracles, reveal surprisingly varied and complex experiences of blindness. But when medieval scholar Jude Seal experienced visual impairment themselves, they gained an even deeper understanding of the lives they were studying.
Catalogue
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Chinese woodcut: Medical instrument -- cupping vessel
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Chinese woodcut: Medical instrument -- bamboo pipe
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Medical science in relation to the voice as a musical instrument / by Lennox Browne.
Browne, Lennox, 1841-1902.Date: 1876
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Sigmoidoscopy : a new instrument / by Anthony Bassler.
Bassler, Anthony, 1874-Date: 1911
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An instrument to diagnosticate hydrocele / by Frederic Griffith.
Griffith, Frederic.Date: 1902