Stories
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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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Coleridge’s hypochondria
An intense focus on his own bodily sensations led poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to self-medicate with narcotics. But this fascination also put Coleridge ahead of the medical sensibilities of his day.
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Our endless quest for eternal youth
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.
Catalogue
- Books
Rheumatic diseases : based on the proceedings of the Seventh International Congress on Rheumatic Diseases / prepared by the Committee on Publications of the American Rheumatism Association ; Charles H. Slocumb, chairman.
International Congress on Rheumatic Diseases 1949 : New York, N.Y.)Date: 1952- Books
The history of the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath / by George D. Kersley and John A. Cosh.
Kersley, George D. (George Durant)Date: 1965- Archives and manuscripts
Copy of JH Glyn, `Cortisone therapy mainly applied to Rheumatic Diseases'
Date: 1957Reference: GC/188/3/2Part of: Glyn, Dr John (b. 1921): rheumatology and cortisone treatment- Archives and manuscripts
International Study Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Amsterdam
Date: 1955-1961Reference: SA/HEB/E/1/11Part of: Heberden Collection- Journals
Annual report / West London Hospital, Department of Rheumatic Diseases.
West London Hospital. Department of Rheumatic Diseases.