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Sockets and stumps

Historian Emily Mayhew has met soldiers who have survived the seemingly unsurvivable. Here, she explores the part prosthetics play in the process of military rehabilitation.

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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life

The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.

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Remote diagnosis from wee to the Web

Medical practice might have moved on from when patients posted flasks of their urine for doctors to taste, but telehealth today keeps up the tradition of remote diagnosis – to our possible detriment.

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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction

Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.

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  • Satirical veterinary frontispiece, 1771
  • Chirurgiens et blessés : a travers l'histoire ; des origines à la Croix-Rouge / Docteur Cabanès.
  • The R. A. M. C. / [Redmond McLoughlin].
  • The R. A. M. C. / [Redmond McLoughlin].
  • Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals & Fleets, 1879.
  • A naval physician in uniform studying books at a large table. Coloured lithograph, 1829.
  • The medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion, (1861-65) / Prepared, in accordance with the acts of Congress, under the direction of Surgeon General, Joseph K. Barnes, United States Army.
  • The medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion, (1861-65) / Prepared, in accordance with the acts of Congress, under the direction of Surgeon General, Joseph K. Barnes, United States Army.
  • The medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion, (1861-65) / Prepared, in accordance with the acts of Congress, under the direction of Surgeon General, Joseph K. Barnes, United States Army.
  • The medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion, (1861-65) / Prepared, in accordance with the acts of Congress, under the direction of Surgeon General, Joseph K. Barnes, United States Army.
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