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London, city of lost hospitals

Come on the trail of hundreds of ghost hospitals, whose remnants hold clues to medical treatments of the past.

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The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist

Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.

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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs

The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.

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Epidemic threats and racist legacies

Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.

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  • The Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London.
  • The Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London.
  • The Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London : centenary, 1805-1905 / written at the request of the president and council by Norman Moore and Stephen Paget.
  • The Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London : centenary, 1805-1905 / written at the request of the president and council by Norman Moore and Stephen Paget.
  • Transactions of a Society for the Improvement of Medical and Chirurgical Knowledge.
  • Anglo-American Conference on AIDS : 21 to 23 September 1988 at 1, Wimpole Street, London W.1 / sponsored jointly by the Royal Society of Medicine and the Royal Society of Medicine Foundation, Inc.
  • Anglo-American Conference on AIDS : 21 to 23 September 1988 at 1, Wimpole Street, London W.1 / sponsored jointly by the Royal Society of Medicine and the Royal Society of Medicine Foundation, Inc.
  • Anglo-American Conference on AIDS : 21 to 23 September 1988 at 1, Wimpole Street, London W.1 / sponsored jointly by the Royal Society of Medicine and the Royal Society of Medicine Foundation, Inc.
  • Anglo-American Conference on AIDS : 21 to 23 September 1988 at 1, Wimpole Street, London W.1 / sponsored jointly by the Royal Society of Medicine and the Royal Society of Medicine Foundation, Inc.
  • Anglo-American Conference on AIDS : 21 to 23 September 1988 at 1, Wimpole Street, London W.1 / sponsored jointly by the Royal Society of Medicine and the Royal Society of Medicine Foundation, Inc.
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