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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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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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You know the drill

Richard Barnett opens wide the true meaning of a healthy mouth.

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What Black women do when the NHS fails them

Sabrina-Maria Anderson explores misogynoir – hatred of Black women – within the NHS, and how women like her are consequently turning to other sources of medical support.

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  • Antiseptic surgery : an address delivered at St Thomas's Hospital with the subsequent debate to which are added a short statement of the theory of the antiseptic method, a description of the materials employed in carrying it out, and some applications of the method to operations and injuries in different regions of the body, and to wounds received in war / by William MacCormac.
  • "Asepta" absorbent cotton for surgical, medical and hygienic uses. Colour lithograph by Henry Le Monnier, 1928.
  • The operating theatre of Otto Lanz, Amsterdam. Photograph.
  • The collected papers of Joseph, Baron Lister.
  • The collected papers of Joseph, Baron Lister.
  • The collected papers of Joseph, Baron Lister.
  • The collected papers of Joseph, Baron Lister.
  • Antiseptique de choix : produit pur et stable activité constante.
  • Antiseptique de choix : produit pur et stable activité constante.
  • Antiseptique de choix : produit pur et stable activité constante.
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