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Medicine in history and culture.
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'Greetings to the dear old comrades of Balaclava'
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The perfect serenity of a temple on water
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Both street photograph and formal portrait
18th century engraving of the hospital in Spain
Persian lacquered binding book cover
Pioneer of malaria research
Distinguished British scientist whose career started and ended with Wellcome
Scottish surgeon, anatomist, philosopher and illustrator
Expert on pain, its mechanism, human effects and treatment
English surgeon and promoter of sterile medicine
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The story of the Broadwick Street pump handle
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The first person to inoculate a patient against smallpox
Investigating human trypanosomiasis
Parisian specialist in colour chemistry
Influential encyclopedia by Islamic physician Avicenna
Illustrating the nervous system
18th century Islamic world map
The UK’s first hospital for sick children
Pioneering founders of the School of Medicine for Women
Ahdaf Soueif on amulets in the Muslim world
Do dark forces affect people's health?
Site of amputation without anaesthetic
Resting place of Daniel Defoe, author of Journal of the Plague Year
Site of the meat market and 12th Century priory hospital
Floating treatment for sailors
A microclimate by the Thames
Thomas Coram’s home for abandoned children
Distinguishing the media heroine from the real person
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The 18th-century Dorset farmer who pioneered vaccination
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