Stories
- In pictures
The original drama of operating theatres
Medicine as ‘theatre’ began in the 16th century, when paying audiences enjoyed candlelight, live music – and a cadaver being dissected in front of them, all the in name of education.
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The pain that punished feminists
In a society that viewed getting the vote, and pursuing an education and career, as unnatural goals for women, the pain of endometriosis was viewed as nature’s retribution.
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Shame and how our bodies betray us
Embarrassment about our desires, bodies and bodily functions can silence us. Lucia Osborne-Crowley asks whether a low-level but constant sense of shame is stopping us getting the help we need.
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Electrical epilepsy and the EEG Test
The EEG (electroencephalograph) literally electrified the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. But for Aparna Nair the dreaded EEG tests of her adolescence were a painful ordeal.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Sterilization
Date: 1971-1978Reference: PP/RJH/E.8/2Part of: Hetherington, Robert J- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Sterilization
Date: c.1960s-1970sReference: PP/RJH/E.8/1Part of: Hetherington, Robert J- Archives and manuscripts
Sterilization of the unfit
Date: 1924-1952Reference: SA/BMA/C.226-227Part of: British Medical Association- Books
Sterilization: methods and control / M.R. Breach.
Breach, M. R.Date: 1968- Books
Sterilization in Sweden / by Nils von Hofsten.
Hofsten, Nils von.Date: 1938