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Begin your day well with Day Dawn Health Salt / sole manufacturers: Burdall's Ltd.

The London galvanic generator : a remarkable English invention : a royal remedy now offered to the world / by the Pall Mall Electric Association.

Three men wearing orthopedic apparatus exercising; another is strapped into leg braces. Aquatint by P. Sandby (?), 1783.

De Witt's Kidney & Bladder Pills : diuretic stimulant - urinary antiseptic.

Back ache quickly relieved by Carter's smart weed and belladonna Back Ache Plasters.

Back pain

Presented by the makers of Carter's Little Liver Pills : back-ache quickly cured by Carter's smart weed and belladonna Back-Ache Plasters.

Dr. Lowder's magneto-electric battery : the great health restorer ; stop taking medicine, and try nature's own remedy: electricity ! / The Magneto-Electric Battery Company.

Medical heroes of the army and navy : he organized the first field hospitals.

The Which? guide to managing back trouble / Harry Brown.

Avoiding back trouble / [Consumers' Association] ; [edited by Edith Rudinger].

Lumbar disc lesions : pathogenesis and treatment of low back pain and sciatica / by J.R. Armstrong ; foreword by H. Osmond-Clarke.

Understanding back pain : today's plague on young people / by Leonard G. Rule, in conjunction with a leading back specialist ; foreword by B. Hugh Pentney.

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Back Pain

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Images referencing Back Pain

Works from the collections

The Which? guide to managing back trouble / Harry Brown.

Avoiding back trouble / [Consumers' Association] ; [edited by Edith Rudinger].

Lumbar disc lesions : pathogenesis and treatment of low back pain and sciatica / by J.R. Armstrong ; foreword by H. Osmond-Clarke.

Understanding back pain : today's plague on young people / by Leonard G. Rule, in conjunction with a leading back specialist ; foreword by B. Hugh Pentney.

Medical heroes of the army and navy : he organized the first field hospitals.

Back Pain

Images from the collections

Images referencing Back Pain

Works from the collections

The Which? guide to managing back trouble / Harry Brown.

Avoiding back trouble / [Consumers' Association] ; [edited by Edith Rudinger].

Lumbar disc lesions : pathogenesis and treatment of low back pain and sciatica / by J.R. Armstrong ; foreword by H. Osmond-Clarke.

Understanding back pain : today's plague on young people / by Leonard G. Rule, in conjunction with a leading back specialist ; foreword by B. Hugh Pentney.

Medical heroes of the army and navy : he organized the first field hospitals.

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