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The mystery of the malignant brain
In 1884 a neurologist successfully used a patient’s symptoms, plus a new kind of map, to locate a brain tumour. Discover how his best-laid plans for treatment worked out.
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The blight of the ballooning blood vessels
In 1817 an emergency operation on a London porter was hailed a ‘success’ despite the patient’s swift demise. Find out how this case became a landmark in vascular surgery.
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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 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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Lectures on Surgery, headed "Of chyrurgical operations" and paged 1-24
Date: April 1732Reference: MS.MSL.74/3Part of: Lectures on Medicine, Surgery, etc- Digital Images
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Medicine of Aborigenal Peoples in the British Commonwealth Exhibition. Section VIII. Surgery, instruments, appliances, operations.
- Books
Surgical operations with local anesthesia / [Arthur E. Hertzler].
Hertzler, Arthur E. (Arthur Emanuel), 1870-1946.Date: 1916- Books
Orthopedic surgery in the European theater of operations / editor in chief, John Boyd Coates, Jr.; editor for orthopedic surgery, Mather Cleveland.
United States. Army Medical Service.Date: 1956- Archives and manuscripts
Some bygone operations in surgery: IV. An historical lithotomy: Mr Samuel Pepys
Date: 20th centuryReference: RAMC/629/11Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection