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The tale of the toxic kidneys
In 1954 a serendipitous coming together of skills and circumstances allowed the first successful organ transplant to take place. Read how Richard Herrick’s life was prolonged by his identical twin’s generosity.
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When monarchs healed the sick
Our current Queen fortunately doesn’t have to spend hours laying hands on the sick to cure them. But it was a different story for monarchs of the early modern era, whose touch was a sought-after treatment for scrofula.
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In celebration of LGBTQ+ comedy
At school, homophobic jokes made Ella Braidwood feel uncomfortable and ashamed. Fast-forward to today’s inclusive comedy scene, and her very different feelings of hope and happiness.
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How we bury our children
Following her baby daughter’s funeral, Wendy Pratt found that visiting the grave gave her a way to carry out physical acts of caring for her child. Here she considers how parents’ nurturing instincts live on after a child’s death.
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The 1830 New Year's gift to the world : in a short treatise on ... the small pox virus, wherein it is proved to be ... harmless and beneficial, if judiciously treated with practical evidences of the all-sufficiency of Morison's 'Vegetable universal medicine' / [Thomas Moat].
Moat, ThomasDate: 1830- Archives and manuscripts
"I Was A Nurse", by George Hirst
George HirstDate: late 20th centuryReference: MS.8772- Books
The practical proofs of the soundness of the Hygeian system of physiology giving incontrovertible testimony to the afflicted, of the inestimable value of Morison's vegetable universal medicines : including, with other matter, 'The origin of life, and cause of all disease explained'; an entirely new view of the origin of the small pox virus [by T. Moat] and of its being most certainly eradicable, or rendered harmless and sundry cases of cure, with most important information connected with the successful promulgation of the Hygeian system in the United States of America / [James Morison].
Morison, James, 1770-1840.Date: 1832, ©1831- Books
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The practical proofs of the soundness of the Hygeian system of physiology : selected from the appendix of "Morisoniana", as incontrovertible testimonies to the afflicted, of the inestimable value of Morison's vegetable universal medicine : including, with other important matter, "The origin of life, and cause of all disease explained", and an entirely new view of the origin of the small pox virus, and of its being most certainly eradicable, or rendered harmless / by T. Moat.
Date: 1831- Books
Morisoniana; or family adviser of the British College of Health. Being a collection of the works of Mr. Morison, the hygeist ... forming a complete manual for individuals and families, for every thing that regards preserving them in health and curing their diseases ... comprising 'Origin of life ...' 'Important advice to the world'- 'Letter on cholera morbus of India'-'Anti-Lancet ...'- and 'More new truths' ... With an appendix, containing a short treatise on ... small pox / [by T. Moat], etc.
Morison, James, 1770-1840Date: 1831