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The poor child’s nurse
| Briony Hudson
Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.
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Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
| Florence WildbloodKathleen Arundell
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
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Cowpox, Covid-19 and Jenner’s vaccination legacy
| Owen GowerSteven Pocock
The well-known story of vaccination pioneer Edward Jenner has at its heart his drive to make vaccines free of charge and available to all. Now his principles extend to the global campaign for a people’s patent-free vaccine for Covid-19.