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A group of surgeons operate with the use of carbolic acid, a disinfectant also known as phenol, in an era when surgical gowns, caps, masks and gloves had not yet dawned.(Photo by Getty Images)

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From bone setting in ancient Egypt to organ transplants: a brief history of surgery

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My history hero Jeremy Bowen chooses Vincent Sheean

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A medieval depiction of the festival of Candlemas

Medieval church calendar A guide to the holy days

Clinic at the School of Dentistry, Paris, 1892. A female student treating a patient under supervision. (Photo by Oxford Science Archive/Print Collector/Getty Images)

General History

Q&A What are the roots of dentistry?

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The Cuban Missile Crisis: the road to resolution . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Circulation of the blood, 1628. English physician William Harvey (1578-1657) was the first to correctly describe the mechanism whereby blood is circulated in the body. Diagram showing the existence of valves in veins. From Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis in animalibus, by William Harvey. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Victorian medicine: why the 19th century was a time of seismic medical change

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20 Christmas gift ideas for history lovers

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Amy James-Kelly as Anne Boleyn (right) in Netflix's Blood, Sex & Royalty.

Anne Boleyn’s voice: lost to the past, or louder than ever?

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Colditz captives including (third left) the famous escapee Pat Reid.

Second World War

Ben McIntyre on Colditz: “The reality of Colditz is much more interesting than the black-and-white moral fable”