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Diabetes in the College Collections

First experiments on pancreas secretions

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Scurvy in the College Collections

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The Science behind Murder: The Sydney Smith Collection

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Medical History Walking Tour

The first international course for Geriatric Medicine was held in 1980 under the aegis of the British Council. Over...

Biographies Online: Members, Fellows and Founders

The aim of this project has been to highlight both the...

Hogarth and the Art of Alcohol Abuse

Gin cursed Friend, with Fury fraught,
    Makes human race a Prey;
It enters by a deadly Draught,...

Physical Examination and Diagnosis in the College Collections

Diagnosis by urine examination

Judicium urinarum

This manuscript is the oldest purely...

Epilepsy in the College Collections

Pioneer in the surgical treatment of epilepsy

William Alexander (1844-1919)

The...

Anton Mesmer and his Animal Magnetism

In the latter part of the eighteenth century Anton Mesmer claimed to have discovered a 'universal fluid'...

Celtic Medical Treatments

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