Stories
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What is hysteria?
Hysteria has long been associated with fanciful myths, but its history reveals how it has been used to control women’s behaviour and bodies
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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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The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
Catalogue
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Atrophy of the suprarenal capsules with enlarged spleen and dark-coloured urine / by Robert Saundby.
Saundby Robert, 1849-1918.Date: 1885- Digital Images
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Downward transmission of yin diseases of the interior
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A case of chronic polycythaemia with enlarged spleen : probably a disease of the bone-marrow / by F. Parkes Weber and J. H. Watson.
Weber, Frederick Parkes, 1863-1962.Date: [1904]- Books
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Die contractilität der Milz und die Beziehung der Infectionsprocesse zur Milz, Leber, den Nieren und dem Herzen / von S. Botkin.
Botkin Sergei Petrovich, 1832-1889.Date: 1874- Books
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The surgery of the spleen / by J. Collins Warren.
Warren, John Collins, 1842-1927.Date: 1901