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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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The psychology of Ouija
Explore the science behind table tilting and Ouija boards, and discover how the unscrupulous still make money from exploiting the ‘ideomotor’ effect.
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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
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Cocaine, the Victorian wonder drug
Today, cocaine has a very poor public image as one of the causes of crime and violence. But for the Victorians it was welcomed as the saviour of modern surgery.
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Versuch einer chronologischen Uebersicht aller für die Geburtshülfe erfundenen Instrumente ... / von August Heimberg Hinze.
Hinze, August Heimbert, 1765-1832.Date: 1794- Books
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Principles of midwifery, or puerperal medicine. By John Aitken, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, member of the Royal Medical, Physical, and Antiquarian Societies, one of the surgeons of the Royal Infirmary, lecturer on anatomy, surgery, and midwifery, and Honorary President of the Chirurcoobstetrical Society of Edinburgh.
Aitken, John, -1790.Date: [1786]- Books
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A dissertation on the structure of the obstetric forceps, pointing out its defects, and especially of those with double curved blades: at the same time, shewing particularly the safe application of those with single curved blades, as geometrically proportioned and constructed: and likewise, Shewing the Necessity and good Effects of several new Forms of the Single Curved Blade, as the narrow, fanged and reflected, in certain cases of retarded labors: together with Cautions, Remarks, and Reflections on the Conduct and Management of Labors in general. By R. Rawlins, Surgeon, Oxford.
Rawlins, R.Date: 1793- Books
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Principles of midwifery, or puerperal medicine. By John Aitken, M.D. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Member of the Royal Medical Society, a Surgeon of the Royal Infirmary, &c. And Lecturer on Anatomy, Surgery, and Midwifery, in Edinburgh.
Aitken, John, -1790.Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
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Principles of midwifery, or puerperal medicine. By John Aitken, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Member Of The Royal Medical Society, A Surgeon of the Royal Infirmary, &c. And Lecturer on Anatomy, Surgery, and Midwifery, in Edinburgh.
Aitken, John, -1790.Date: [1784]