Stories
- Article
Getting under the skin
Before the invention of X-ray in 1895 there was really only one way to accurately study the human body, and that was to cut it open.
- Article
The anatomy of a brain dissection
Dissecting the brain after death not only helps confirm a diagnosis, but it can also teach us so much more about the symptoms and causes of brain diseases and how to treat them.
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The current that kills
In the 19th century, electricity held life in the balance, with the power to execute – or reanimate.
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Making sunstroke insanity
Medical historian Dr Kristin Hussey takes a closer look at sunstroke and mental illness, and how, in the late 19th century, they connected at the crossroads of colonial science and the idea of whiteness.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Post mortem Book
Date: April 1892 - October 1916Reference: RET/6/17/2/1Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Post mortem Book
Date: September 1926 - May 1940Reference: RET/6/17/2/3Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Post mortem Book
Date: February 1917 - August 1926Reference: RET/6/17/2/2Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Post mortem reports and biopsies
Date: 1965-1970Reference: PP/FAK/A/1/2Part of: Foy, Henry (1900-1991), and Kondi, Athena (d.1994), Haematologists and nutrition researchers- Archives and manuscripts
'Post mortem reports. Data on baboons riboflavin deficient; pyridoxine deficient; normal'
Date: 1965-1968Reference: PP/FAK/A/1/2/1Part of: Foy, Henry (1900-1991), and Kondi, Athena (d.1994), Haematologists and nutrition researchers