Stories
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The case of the cancerous stomach
Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.
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Black pepper to fuel fiery fights and cure haemorrhoids
This common condiment was once very valuable and, until surprisingly recently, used as a versatile medicine.
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The stranger who started an epidemic
New Orleans, 1853. James McGuigan arrives in the port city and succumbs to yellow fever.
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How shame makes us sick
The fight-or-flight response can have long-term consequences for our bodies if left unchecked. Lucia Osborne-Crowley investigates how shame and trauma are connected, and how both can lead to chronic ill health.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Stomach diseases
Astruc, Jean, 1684-1766.Date: 1753Reference: MS.1012Part of: Astruc, Jean (1684-1766)- Archives and manuscripts
Stomach diseases
Astruc, Jean, 1684-1766.Date: 1750Reference: MS.1009Part of: Astruc, Jean (1684-1766)- Archives and manuscripts
(With S.B. Schryver) Investigations of the Gastric Juice in Malignant and Non-Malignant Diseases of the Stomach and Duodenum. Pts. II-IV. Quart. Journ. Med., 1913, vi, 309-50
Date: 1913Reference: PP/CJS/B.1/9Part of: Singer, Charles Joseph and Singer, Dorothea Waley- Books
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Diseases of the stomach.
Reeves, C. E. (Charles Evans), 1828-1880.Date: 1854- Pictures
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A tumour constricting the entrance to the stomach. Oil painting, 18--.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 672815iPart of: Patients and diseases. Paintings commissioned by Sir Jonathan Hutchinson, ca. 1891-1906.