Doctor bleeding a patient

Medicine and health

The miller Samuel Wood, whose arm and scapula were torn off when entangled in a rope attached to a moving mill machinery in 1737. (Photo by Alamy)

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7 bizarre cases in the history of medicine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval

Kill or cure? 10 medieval medical practices and their effectiveness

Nurses serve lunch to patients at a Birmingham hospital, 1939. (Photo by Humphrey Spender/Picture Post/Getty Images)

20th Century

What was healthcare like in Britain before the NHS?

A New York opium den. Although US legislators cracked down on opiates in the early 20th century, organised crime networks continued to fuel the illegal trade in narcotics. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Medieval medicine: killer or cure?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

MedievalvideoAn introduction to the Black Death

Welsh Labour politician Aneurin Bevan making a speech on the freedom of the press at a meeting of the National Council of Civil Liberties at Central Hall, Westminster, London, in 1942. (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

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My history heroTanni Grey-Thompson chooses Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A man sneezes into a handkerchief, c1936. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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6 facts about the history of hay fever

Mona Baptiste, a Trinidad-born blues singer

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“London is the place for me”: David Olusoga on the Windrush generation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Bearded Victorian man. (Photo by Getty Images)

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A brief history of beards

A 14th-century Flemish illustration depicting the burying of plague victims in coffins in Tournai in 1349. (Photo by Granger Historical Picture Archive/Alamy Stock Photo)

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Black Death: “Oh father, why have you abandoned me?”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A contemporary pictorial depiction of the Great Plague.

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The Black Death: the historians’ view. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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500 years of medicine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A badge promoting the Tufty Club, an organisation launched by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to educate children on road safety, 1941. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

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Safety first: 20th-century health and safety messages

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The history of today. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Spanish Flu pandemic. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

20th CenturygalleryIn pictures: Diversity in nursing

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Victorian medicine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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‘Quacks’: the terrors and theatrics of Victorian medicine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait depicting Mary, Queen of Scots.

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The operation

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John Hunter and the horrors of 18th-century surgery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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History quiz – Anglo-Saxons, Bright’s disease and the Byzantine army. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A giant leap for mankind: William Harvey reveals the circulation of the blood

The Franciscans treating victims of the plague, miniature from La Franceschina, c1474, codex by Jacopo Oddi. Perugia, Biblioteca Capitolare (Library). (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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The hospital experience in medieval England

16th century engraving depicting a man with leprosy

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Q&AHow did doctors treat leprosy?

A group of girls taking a bath as part of a contest to see who can wash the fastest.

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Q&AHow old is bathing?

Chinese plague

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Q&AWhat was the Third Plague pandemic?

Photo of female cyclist in 1885

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Man smoking a pipe, early 17th century

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