Stories
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Sick of the theatre
What makes the stage a good place to share real-life experiences of ill health?
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The psychological impact of nuclear war
How would you hold up psychologically if a nuclear bomb was dropped? Discover the British government’s secret predictions from the 1980s.
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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.
- Long read
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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Serbo-Bulgarian War: an escorted convoy of ambulances carrying the sick and wounded. Wood engraving by J. Nash.
Nash, J. (Joseph), -1922.Reference: 22114i- Pictures
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Carlist War, Spain: Spanish sick and wounded being carried on board the "Somorrostro". Wood engraving by I. Nash.
Nash, J. (Joseph), -1922.Reference: 21959i- Pictures
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Franco-Prussian War: Society for the Relief of the Sick and Wounded, London office Wood engraving.
Reference: 21818i- Books
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On the Geneva Convention of 1864 : in relation to the aid afforded by volunteer societies to sick and wounded soldiers during the late Franco-German War, with a glance at the proper functions of national aid societies, particularly the British Aid Society, in the future : a lecture delivered at the Royal United Service Institution.
Longmore, Sir Thomas, 1816-1895.Date: [1872]- Books
Cardiovascular physiology in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries / [Jerome Joseph Bylebyl].
Bylebyl, Jerome J. (Jerome Joseph), 1943-Date: [1976]