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Victoria's armpit and 'giant' bones: body parts that changed history

History Extra podcast

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Surprising Stories of Louis XIV and Finneas Gage

In this chapter, they discuss the surprising story of Louis XIV and his abscess, and how a surgeon named Felix was able to remove it and create a new hole.

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