Stories
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On nature cures and taking the waters
When chilly outdoor swims began to chip away at her depression, Jessica J Lee was drawn to a closer study of the complex natural world around her.
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The extraction of the excruciating bladder stones
Among those vying to find alternatives to major surgery for bladder stones, young doctor Jean Civiale stood out, painstakingly honing a method that was to become the norm.
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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
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Pain, politics and the power of photography
Art historian Giulia Smith explains what she most admires in the work of Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery, and how their approach makes illness political.
Catalogue
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A guide to the use of the Buxton mineral waters / by William Henry Robertson.
Robertson, William Henry, 1810-1897.Date: 1891
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Notes on the therapeutics of radium in the Bath waters : a handbook for the medical profession / published by the Bath Corporation with the approval of the Bath Medical Committee of the British Medical Association ; compiled by John Hatton.
Date: [1913?]- Books
Wiesbaden gout-water : its use and effect / by Dr. Buddee, physician.
Buddee, Dr.Date: [1903?]
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Formulae selectae: or, a collection of prescriptions of eminent physicians, and the most celebrated patent medicines; together with a syllabic view of mineral waters and poisons.
Date: 1818
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Treatise on the use of the mineral waters of Homburg / by Frederick Muller ; translated from the 7th German edition by C. Murphy Mortimer.
Date: 1859