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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How can I stop fainting?
Fed up with the faints that bolstered her fragile young snowflake image, Gwen Smith sought expert medical help to keep her upright in trying situations.
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Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
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Vascular diseases.
Date: 1964-1968- Archives and manuscripts
Vascular Access
Date: 2005-2007Reference: SA/REN/O/5Part of: Renal Association: archives- Archives and manuscripts
Vascular Endothelium
Date: 1964-1971Reference: PP/PBM/C.51-53Part of: Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987)- Archives and manuscripts
Vascular Spasm
Date: 1950sReference: PP/GWP/C/6/70Part of: Pickering, Sir George White