Stories
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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians
Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.
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How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory
A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.
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Sick of being lonely
When his relationship ended, Thom James first withdrew from the world, then began to suffer from illnesses with no apparent physical cause.
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The hell of hay fever
After years suffering in silence, David Jesudason finds speaking out about his pollen allergy gives him hope for a future where his hay-fever symptoms are under control.
Catalogue
- Journals
Transactions & studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
Date: 1938-2002- Books
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Introductory lecture delivered in the Philadelphia College of Medicine : on Saturday evening, November 4, 1848 / by Christopher C. Cox ; published by the students of the College.
Cox, Christopher C. (Christopher Christian), 1816-1882.Date: 1848- Journals
The cliopedic items : bulletin of the Center for the History of Foot Care and Foot Wear, Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine.
Date: 1984- Books
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Introductory lecture : delivered in the Philadelphia College of Medicine, on Thursday evening, November 2, 1848 / by Rush Van Dyke.
Van Dyke, Rush, 1813-1882.Date: 1848- Books
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Valedictory to the graduating class of the Philadelphia College of Medicine at the semi-annual commencement, February 28th, 1856 / by Henry Hartshorne.
Hartshorne, Henry, 1823-1897.Date: 1856