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The maggotorium cure for tuberculosis
From slave to surgeon: the heroic journey of Robert M Johnson
'This comedy of knave and dupe'
‘So worthy of the public notice’: the art of Sarah Biffin
The case of the missing false teeth
The gland wizard of California
An adventuress of the first water
Medicinal mummy: curse or cure?
The human hawks that prey upon their kind
From myth to misery: the tragic story of the Pig-Faced Lady
A vortex of suspicion: the 1927 Channel swimming hoax
Walking quietly with a can of snakes
Chemical warfare against the common cold
A grave scandal: the sale of corpses in 1857
Profiting by deceit: a treatment for alcoholism in Edwardian London
A caesarean section in 18th-century Ireland
The woman who turned to charcoal
Plague, peril and reform: John Howard's quarantine journey
'The knowledge of things': Jane Sharp's art of midwifery
Hooked on a cure: a tale of tapeworm troubles
The teeth stuck out like so many tusks
‘Making people well and making people laugh’
'Fopperous pisse-maximes': the art of urine-casting
A fortune-teller’s love potion
Blowing smoke: how tobacco companies flattered the medical profession
'Horrible bubbles': the whale bath for rheumatism
Theriac: ancient miracle or modern mirage?
'How the Devil can I answer?': violence at Apothecaries' Hall