Stories
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Remote diagnosis from wee to the Web
Medical practice might have moved on from when patients posted flasks of their urine for doctors to taste, but telehealth today keeps up the tradition of remote diagnosis – to our possible detriment.
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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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Exceptional talent and the trouble with IQ tests
Is a high IQ really a mark of genius, or does something else explain the exceptional?
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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
Catalogue
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A pyramidal bas relief monument to Lady Cecilia Johnston, seated on a latrine-like stool; expressing her position in fashionable society as an elderly coquette. Etching by James Gillray, 1791.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 19 September 1791Reference: 12088i
- Archives and manuscripts
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Pseudo-Serapion, Liber aggregatus in medicinis simplicibus, in Italian, imperfect at the end
Ibn Wafid (d. 1067) of ToledoDate: Mid 15th centuryReference: MS.746
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Seven clergymen watch as a physician bathes the feet of a sick, aristocratic lady; suggesting the uncertainty of the clergy faced with the ousting of the aristocracy in France. Coloured etching by S.J., 1791.
S. J.Date: 1791Reference: 15873i
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Miscellany of practical medicine, in Italian
Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.Date: Late 14th CenturyReference: MS.307- Books
Statuta communis Veronae.
Verona (Italy)Date: 1475