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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Born different
For Chris North, being born intersex in the 1940s meant his many childhood hospital visits, tests and operations were not explained or discussed. As he reveals, doctors encouraged strict secrecy.
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The castration effect
Discover how testosterone – or the lack of it – affects the male body, from eunuch slaves to castrato singers, and on to hormone reduction in modern prostate cancer treatment.
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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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Essential pentosuria / by Solomon Solis Cohen. The chemical examination of a sample of urine containing pentose / by Charles H. La Wall.
Solis-Cohen, Solomon, 1857-1948.Date: 1910- Books
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Illustrations of the constituents of urine, urinary deposits, and calculi / by Lionel S. Beale.
Beale, Lionel S. (Lionel Smith), 1828-1906.Date: MDCCCLVIII [1858]- Pictures
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Hezekiah lies sick in his bed; a doctor examines his urine. Process print, 1931, after J. Lamsveld, c. 1700.
Lamsveld, Jan, 1674-1743.Date: 1931Reference: 20024i- Pictures
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A physician, a burgess (the physician's patient), and the dean of a university, in their respective costumes, 13--. Coloured wood engraving by Cupré after F.P.
P. F.Reference: 21505i- Pictures
A Dutch physician taking the pulse of a female patient, a urine flask in a wicker basket is on a table beside them. Engraving by P. Basan, 16--, after G. Ter Borch, the younger.
Ter Borch, Gerrit, the younger, 1617-1662.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 21645i