Imhotep – The First Physician
The ancient Egyptian civilisation was the first of the recorded great world civilisations. Little...
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Spanish Flu: The Deadliest Pandemic in History
In the Spring of 2009, a new strain of influenza began to infect people in Mexico. Reports...
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Ignaz Semmelweis – ‘The Saviour of Mothers’
I can vividly remember being taught how to ‘scrub up’ as a third-year medical student. The careful...
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The Coldest Case – Lessons from the Iceman
I am an unashamed fan of history and spend much of my time away from Medicine reading about...
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Aneurin Bevan and the Birth of the NHS
The NHS has been in the news a lot lately, and not for the right reasons. Winter bed emergencies,...
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