Stories
- Long read
Love, grief and assisted dying
In this deeply affecting story, Michelle Elliot explores the events and emotions around the time of her mother’s medically assisted death in Canada, where the practice is legal.
- 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.
- Article
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.
- Article
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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Partnerships, locum tenens, assistants etc.
Date: 1921-1948Reference: SA/BMA/C.522Part of: British Medical Association- Archives and manuscripts
Supplementary register of hydrotherapy assistants
Date: 1947-1969Reference: SA/BMA/B.77Part of: British Medical Association- Archives and manuscripts
Medical Defence Societies: protection of principal in regard to acts of assistants, locums etc.
Date: 1926-1928Reference: SA/BMA/C.107Part of: British Medical Association- Archives and manuscripts
General ethical queries as to locums and assistants
Date: 1924-1949Reference: SA/BMA/D.208Part of: British Medical Association- Books
- Online
Report of the committee on the employment of unqualified assistants by registered practitioners.
General Medical Council.Date: 1883