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Theriac: An ancient brand?
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
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Cocaine, the Victorian wonder drug
Today, cocaine has a very poor public image as one of the causes of crime and violence. But for the Victorians it was welcomed as the saviour of modern surgery.
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What Black women do when the NHS fails them
Sabrina-Maria Anderson explores misogynoir – hatred of Black women – within the NHS, and how women like her are consequently turning to other sources of medical support.
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Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
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Pro publico bono. Dr. Browne respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he still continues to dispose of his Specific Medicines, infallible for curing the Venereal Disease, Scurvy, and all Disorders [a]rising from the Impurities of the Blood.
Browne, Dr., active 1750.Date: 1750?]- Books
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A list of books, &c. lately published by G. Kearsley, at Doctor Johnson's Head, no. 46, Fleet-Street, London. Where all new publications may be had, on the shortest Notice. Also, Doctor Norris's drops, for colds and fevers, The Rheumatic Specific, and Welch's Pills, Three Medicines of established Reputation.
Kearsley, George, -1790.Date: 1787?]- Books
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A collection of chirurgical tracts. I. Of wounds of the head and brain. II. New discoveries relating to the cure of cancers. III. Chirurgical Remarks on several curious Cases. IV. The History and Antiquity of the Venereal Disease. V. A New Method of curing Consumptions by Specific Medicines. Written and collected by William Beckett, Surgeon and F. R. S.
Beckett, William, 1684-1738.Date: [1740]
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Specific medication and specific medicines / by John M. Scudder.
Scudder, John M. (John Milton), 1829-1894.Date: 1870
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Specific medication and specific medicines : revised, with an appendix containing the articles published on the subject since the first edition : and a report of cases illustrating specific medication / John M. Scudder.
Scudder, John M. (John Milton), 1829-1894.Date: 1874