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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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
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The making of ‘Quacks’
How do you create a medical comedy that’s authentic and laugh-out-loud funny?
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The problem of the punctured heart
During World War II a young American surgeon working in England perfected shrapnel-removal techniques that saved dozens of lives. Discover how one case sealed his reputation as the founder of cardiac surgery.
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The reprisal: or, The tars of Old England. A comedy, in two acts. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771.Date: M.DCC.LVII. [1757]- Pictures
Jenny Lind. Steel engraving, 18--.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 2065044i
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Now exhibiting for a short time only! The Mammoth Lady from the Cosmorama Rooms, Regent Street ... : Mrs. Elizabeth Armitage, of the extraordinary weight of 31 stone 11 lbs. or 445 pounds! Weighed at Soulier and Ward's, no.4, Burlington Arcade, where the weight is registered / Strand Theatre.
Date: [1847?]- Books
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New hay at the old market; an occassional drama, in one act: written by George Colman, (the younger, ) on opening the Hay-Market Theatre. On the 9th of June, 1795
Colman, George, 1762-1836.Date: [1795]- Books
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Music and dancing. New songs, by the most eminent composers as performed at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket, with an explanation of the dances, composed by Sig. Vestris, Sen. To which is added, a list of the subscribers to the boxes.
King's Theatre (Haymarket, London, England)Date: 1791