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The cook who became a pariah

New York, 1907. Mary Mallon spreads infection, unaware that her name will one day become synonymous with typhoid.

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Journeying home

A serious health scare was the catalyst to Chris beginning the process of understanding his experiences more clearly, and using that new insight to help other intersex people.

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The problem of the punctured heart

During World War II a young American surgeon working in England perfected shrapnel-removal techniques that saved dozens of lives. Discover how one case sealed his reputation as the founder of cardiac surgery.

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The search for a cure for endometriosis

Discover how a white American doctor’s experimental operations on black female slaves laid the foundations for modern gynaecological surgery.

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  • New York Hospital, New York City. Coloured wood engraving.
  • Ophthalmic Hospital, New York City. Coloured wood engraving.
  • Jews' Hospital, New York City. Coloured wood engraving.
  • St. Luke's Hospital, New York. Coloured wood engraving.
  • St. Vincent's Hospital, New York. Coloured wood engraving.
  • Bellevue Hospital, New York City: the Chapel interior. Photograph.
  • Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City. Wood engraving.
  • Bellevue Hospital, New York City: the entrance gateway. Photograph.
  • Lennox Hill Hospital, New York: portrait of A. Kussmaul
  • Nursery and Child's Hospital, New York. Coloured wood engraving.
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