Stories
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The case for safe skin bleaching
Skin bleaching tends to attract a negative press for a whole host of reasons. But when used to treat medical problems, its positive side becomes clear.
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Surviving a flesh-eating disease
Nearly dying from a skin infection gave Scott Neill a chance to start again after an early life marked by grief and depression.
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The anatomy of a brain dissection
Dissecting the brain after death not only helps confirm a diagnosis, but it can also teach us so much more about the symptoms and causes of brain diseases and how to treat them.
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A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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Manchester & Salford Hospital for Diseases of the Skin: facade. Photolithograph, 1903.
Date: 22 August 1903Reference: 25274i- Archives and manuscripts
The Treatment of Infectious and Contagious Diseases by the Serum method, by "Civis mundi" Vol I
Date: c. 1898Reference: MS.8498Part of: The Treatment of Infectious and Contagious Diseases by the Serum method, by "Civis mundi"- Books
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Pharmacopoeia of St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Leicester Square, London, W.C.
St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin (London, England)Date: 1888- Pictures
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Manchester & Salford Hospital for Diseases of the Skin: facade of administration block. Photolithograph, 1903.
Date: 22 August 1903Reference: 25273i- Books
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Syllabus of lectures on the theory and practice of midwifery: Including The Pathology or general Doctrine of acute and chronic Diseases incident to Women and Children, with their Treatment and Cure. - For the clearer Demonstration of operative Midwisery (whether simply by the Hand, or Application of Instruments) the several Methods of assisting in laborious and preternatural Labours, will not only be described according to the most approved modern Practice, but likewise distinctly shewn by an artificial Representation of each difficult Case, upon Machines of a new Construction. The whole will be illustrated by such Anatomical Preparations as are applicable to each Lecture; with various Observations, extraordinary Cases, and necessary Cautions; but particularly, by real Labours. By John Leake, M. D. Member of the Royal College of Physicians, London, and Physician to the Westminster Lying-in Hospital, At his House in Craven-Street in the Strand.
Leake, John, 1729-1792.Date: 1782