Stories
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Getting under the skin
Before the invention of X-ray in 1895 there was really only one way to accurately study the human body, and that was to cut it open.
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Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances
In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.
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The hell of hay fever
After years suffering in silence, David Jesudason finds speaking out about his pollen allergy gives him hope for a future where his hay-fever symptoms are under control.
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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.
Catalogue
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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- Books
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Formulae used at St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin / compiled by the medical staff.
St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin.Date: 1912- Books
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Formulæ used at St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin / compiled by a committee of the medical staff.
St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin.Date: 1904- Books
On lupus / by J.L. Milton, Surgeon to St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin.
Milton, J. L. (John Laws), 1820-1898.Date: 1868- Books
On tinea / by Tilbury Fox ..., Physician to St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin.
Fox, Tilbury, 1836-1879Date: 1868