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| Emperor Claudius’ physician, Xenophon of Kos, Sally Metzler Tattoos in the twentieth century, Howard Fischer India’s oldest medical schools, Arpan K. Banerjee Edward Gibbon’s decline and fall, George Dunea The Citadel and the Dilemma: Medicine corrupted, Simon Wein Wernicke-Korsakoff encephalopathy, JMS Pearce Physical benefits of Salat prayers in Islam, Nicholas Ghantous |
| The pediatric pioneer and his finger, Ciara O’Neill Please don’t die in the hospital, Alexandra DeFelice Erik Waller the book collector, Anna Lantz The Barbie doll syndrome, Howard Fischer Mankind and the camel: An old romance, James L. Franklin Godfrey Hounsfield: Inventor of the CT scanner, Arpan K. Banerjee Shipboard dancing in the British Navy, Richard de Grijs |
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Encore
| The derailment of Franklin Pierce, Jacob Appel Swaddling: Forever bound in controversy?, Jennifer Borst Women healers of the Ottoman Empire, Nada Darwish, Alan S. Weber |
| John Wesley: Amateur physician and health crusader, Paul Dakin “Scarlet letters” — Scarlet fever in literature, Emily Boyle Rheumatic fever: Causal concepts & management, Amogh BJ, Nanditha Venkatesan |