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The extraction of the excruciating bladder stones
Among those vying to find alternatives to major surgery for bladder stones, young doctor Jean Civiale stood out, painstakingly honing a method that was to become the norm.
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Coleridge’s hypochondria
An intense focus on his own bodily sensations led poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to self-medicate with narcotics. But this fascination also put Coleridge ahead of the medical sensibilities of his day.
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Cocaine, the Victorian wonder drug
Today, cocaine has a very poor public image as one of the causes of crime and violence. But for the Victorians it was welcomed as the saviour of modern surgery.
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Cases illustrating various points in physiology, pathology, and therapeutics.
Date: 1837- Books
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Surgical pathology and therapeutics / by John Collins Warren.
Warren, John Collins, 1842-1927.Date: 1895- Books
Surgical pathology and therapeutics / by John Collins Warren.
Warren, John Collins, 1842-1927.Date: 1895- Books
General surgical pathology and therapeutics, in fifty lectures : a textbook for students and physicians.
Billroth, Theodor, 1829-1894.Date: 1874- Books
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Modern surgical therapeutics : a compendium of current formulæ, approved dressings and specific methods for the treatment of surgical diseases and injuries / by George H. Napheys.
Napheys, George H. (George Henry), 1842-1876.Date: 1881