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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.
Catalogue
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Rheumatic fever without arthritis / by Samuel Gee.
Gee, SamuelDate: 1888- Books
Rheumatic fever : clinical ecological, and familial aspects / by Eli Davis.
Davis, Eli, 1908-Date: [1969]- Books
Rheumatic fever and heart disease : the Harveian oration, 1945 / by John Parkinson.
Parkinson, John.Date: [1945?]- Books
Rheumatic fever and streptococcal infection : unraveling the mysteries of a dread disease / Benedict F. Massell.
Massell, Benedict F.Date: [1997], ©1997- Books
Rheumatic fever in America and Britain : a biological, epidemiological, and medical history / Peter C. English.
English, Peter C.Date: [1999], ©1999