Stories
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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 cook who became a pariah
New York, 1907. Mary Mallon spreads infection, unaware that her name will one day become synonymous with typhoid.
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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 tradesman who confronted the pestilence
The City of London, 1665. As the Great Plague hits the capital, John New faces a deadly dilemma.
Catalogue
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K morfologii ven verkhnei konechnosti i shei : dissertatsiia na stepen' doktora meditsiny / Ivana Shavlovskago ; tsenzorami dissertatsii, po porucheniiu Konferentsii, byli professory E.K. Brandt, A.I. Tarenetskii i prosektor N.A. Batuev.
Shavlovskii, Ivan Eduardovich, 1856-Date: 1891- Books
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Trois cas de phlébectasie congénitale de l'extrémité supérieure / par Alexandre Pacha Kambouroglou.
Kambouroglou, Alexandre.Date: 1906