Medical improvements
Modern medical developments, like keyhole surgery and electronic scans, owe their existence to the long history of medical developments. Get an expert opinion:
Doctors at the birth
A very British institution - but one shaped by migrant labour. Meet the doctors who shaped the NHS.
Local health services
Every region has done its bit for the nation's health - explore the contributions of medicine in your area.
First aiders
You can't always be discovering new cures - discover the secret lives of the medical pioneers.
War on the giants
Bevan's NHS is perhaps the best-known, but the Beveridge report resulted in many social advances and the birth of the welfare state.
Restoring the dolce vita
What became of the ill in Renaissance Italy? Examine the lot of the Italian patient.
First aid
Trepanation, wound healing and bone setting; poultices of pine, prunes, wine dregs and lizard dung - how far have we come from the origins of medicine?
