Stories
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Graphic battles in pharmacy
James Morison’s campaign against the medical establishment inspired a wave of caricatures mocking his quack medicine.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
- Long read
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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How light pollution affects our circadian rhythms
Too much of the wrong sort of light can send our natural cycles off-kilter – is city life messing with your circadian rhythm?
Catalogue
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Social medicine : its derivations and objectives / the New York Academy of Medicine Institute on Social Medicine. Edited by Iago Galdston.
New York Academy of Medicine Institute on Social Medicine (1947)Date: 1949- Books
The impact of the antibiotics on medicine and society / Iago Galdston, ed.
Date: [1958]
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Silver sutures in surgery : the anniversary discourse before the New York Academy of Medicine, delivered in the new building of the Historical Society on November 18, 1857 / by J. Marion Sims.
Sims, J. Marion (James Marion), 1813-1883.Date: 1858
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Silver sutures in surgery : the anniversary discourse, before the New York Academy of Medicine, delivered in the new building of the Historical Society, on the 18th November, 1857 / by J. Marion Sims.
Sims, J. Marion (James Marion), 1813-1883.Date: 1858- Books
Historical notes on the Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital / Patricia H. Allderidge.
Allderidge, Patricia (Patricia H.)Date: 1976