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- Books
La médecine sous la Révolution : Hospice de la Salpêtrière, Paris, 30 septembre - 7 octobre 1956 / [Guy Godlewski].
Godlewski, Guy.Date: [1956]- Archives and manuscripts
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Lowdham, Caleb (fl. 1665-1712), surgeon, Exeter
Lowdham, Caleb, fl. 1665-1712.Date: Late 17th century - early 18th centuryReference: MS.7073- Books
Dr. Johann Hunczovsky, surgeon 1752-1798 : life - work - times / William E. Thomas.
Thomas, William E.Date: 2006- Books
Les sources de la démographie historique française dans les archives publiques (XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles) / par René Le Mée.
Le Mée, René.Date: 1967