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.
Catalogue
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Urine examination and clinical interpretation / by C.E. Dukes.
Dukes, Cuthbert, 1890-Date: 1939- Books
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Urine examination made easy : a plan of examination with the common tests fully described / by Thomas Carruthers.
Carruthers, Thomas.Date: 1911- Books
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Urine, urinary deposits, and calculi : and on the treatment of urinary diseases, with numerous illustrations, and tables for the clinical examination of urine / by Lionel S. Beale.
Beale, Lionel S. (Lionel Smith), 1828-1906.Date: 1864- Books
Urine segregation by means of kidney massage : report of a case of tuberculosis of the kidney, with special reference to the importance of cytological examination of urine sediment / by David Murray Cowie.
Cowie, David Murray, 1872-1940.Date: [1907?]- Books
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Physiology and pathology of the urine, with methods for its examination.
Mann, J. Dixon (John Dixon), 1840-1912.Date: 1908