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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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The making of ‘Quacks’
How do you create a medical comedy that’s authentic and laugh-out-loud funny?
Catalogue
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Catalogue of the library of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London.
Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London.Date: 1856- Books
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Catalogue of the library of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London.
Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London.Date: 1879- Journals
Proceedings of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London.
Date: 1857-- Books
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Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London.
Wheatley Benjamin Robert, 1819-1884.Date: 1856- Books
Catalogue of the library of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London / Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London.
Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London. Library.Date: 1879