Stories
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Remote diagnosis from wee to the Web
Medical practice might have moved on from when patients posted flasks of their urine for doctors to taste, but telehealth today keeps up the tradition of remote diagnosis – to our possible detriment.
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Sex in graphic novels
Sex and sexuality have long been explored in the history of the graphic novel.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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Diagnosing the past
Historical texts rarely supply enough detail for a definitive diagnosis, so medical historians need to proceed with caution.
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An essay, on the operation of mercury, in the human body; in which, the manner how salivation is produced, by that medicine, is attempted to be explained: interspersed with observations on the treatment of the venereal disease. By Robert Maywood, M. D. Of The Isle Of Wight.
Maywood, Robert.Date: MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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A practical essay on the venereal disease. To which are subjoined observations on the causes and cure of tabes dorsalis. By J. Smyth, M.D.
Smyth, J. H. (J. Hamilton).Date: 1798- Books
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Observations on the venereal disease : with the true way of curing the same / by Charles Peter.
Peter, CharlesDate: 1686?- Books
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Lues venera. Or, a perfect cure of the French pox : wherein the names, nature, subject, causes and signes of the disease are handled. Mistakes in these discovered, doubts and questions succintly resolved. / By John Wynell. M.D.
Wynell, John, active 1660-1670.Date: 1660- Books
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[A] dissertation on the properties and efficacy of the Lisbon diet-drink, in the cure of the venereal disease, the scurvy, and other Disorders; together with reflections on the use and abuse of mercury, and the Manner of its Action on the Solids and Fluids. To which is added, A Succinct Account of such remarkable Cases, as have been successfully treated by a Course of the Diet-Drink. By John Leake, M. D. Member of the Royal College of Physicians, London, and Physician to the Westminster New Lying-In Hospital.
Leake, John, 1729-1792.Date: [1767]