Medicine and health

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The history of today

Victorian surgeon Robert Liston during an operation

An appointment at the house of death: the horror of the early Victorian hospital

A Red Cross worker in the United States wears a mask to stop the spread of Spanish Flu

Spanish flu: the virus that changed the world

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The Spanish Flu pandemic

Diversity in nursing

In pictures: Diversity in nursing

Portrait depicting Mary, Queen of Scots.

History quiz – surgeons and Mary, Queen of Scots

Bearded Victorian man.

A brief history of beards

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History quiz – Anglo-Saxons, Bright’s disease and the Byzantine army

An engraving from Harvey's seminal work showing blood flowing through the veins of the lower arm. (SSPL/Getty Images)

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

An illustration from 1883 shows the phrenology chart of the skull

Victorian phrenology: “To find a good wife, you have to ascertain she has a good head”

Chinese plague

Portraits of a plague: the 19th-century pandemic that killed 12 million people

A contemporary pictorial depiction of the Great Plague.

The Black Death: the historians’ view

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In pictures: The Body in Ancient Greek Art