Stories
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The case of the cancerous stomach
Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.
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Aphasia and drawing elephants
When Thomas Parkinson investigated the history of “speech science”, he discovered an unexpected link between empire, elephants and aphasia.
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Mapping the body
These intricate anatomical drawings show how Ayurveda practitioners have explored the human body and how it works.
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The painter, the psychiatrist and a fashion for hysteria
A dramatic painting brings a famous event in medical history alive. But it also tells a tale about the health preoccupations of the time.
Catalogue
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List of the portraits and other works of art in the Royal College of Physicians of London.
Royal College of Physicians of London.Date: 1900- Books
Surgical and medical treatment in art / Alan E. H. Emery and Marcia L. H. Emery, foreword by John Hanson.
Emery, Alan E. H.Date: [2006], ©2006- Books
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The healing art in its historic and prophetic aspects : the Harveian oration delivered before the Royal College of Physicians, Oct. 19, 1885 / by Richard Quain.
Date: 1885- Books
On the recent improvements in the art of distinguishing the various diseases of the heart, being the Lumleyan Lectures delivered before the Royal College of Physicians in the year 1829 / By John Elliotson.
Elliotson, John, 1791-1868.Date: 1830- Books
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Of nature and art in the cure of disease / by Sir John Forbes.
Forbes, John, Sir, 1787-1861.Date: 1857