Stories
- Article
History of condoms from animal to rubber
Come on a journey from the first recorded condoms in the 16th century to the modern female condoms in the 1990s – and everything in between.
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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.
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The painter, the psychiatrist and a fashion for hysteria
A dramatic painting brings a famous event in medical history alive. But it also tells a tale about the health preoccupations of the time.
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The doctor who challenged the unicorn myth
Our era of fake news and medical misinformation is nothing new. Estelle Paranque relays the thrusts and parries of a 440-year-old row over a magical cure-all, the unicorn horn.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Turner, John William (1790-1835), surgeon
Date: late 18th century - early 19th centuryReference: MS.7780/16-17Part of: Miscellany: English, 19th-20th centuries
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Lowdham, Caleb (fl. 1665-1712), surgeon, Exeter
Lowdham, Caleb, fl. 1665-1712.Date: Late 17th century - early 18th centuryReference: MS.7073- Books
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The speech of Boissy D'Anglas, in the French convention. On Pluviose 11th. And adopted as the declaration and sentiments of the French people on the conditions of peace.
France. Convention nationale.Date: 1795]- Books
La médecine sous la Révolution : Hospice de la Salpêtrière, Paris, 30 septembre - 7 octobre 1956 / [Guy Godlewski].
Godlewski, Guy.Date: [1956]- Books
Dr. Johann Hunczovsky, surgeon 1752-1798 : life - work - times / William E. Thomas.
Thomas, William E.Date: 2006