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The uninhabitable earth : a story of the future / David Wallace-Wells.
Wallace-Wells, DavidDate: 2019- Books
The greedy queen : eating with Victoria / Annie Gray.
Gray, Annie (Food historian)Date: 2017- Pictures
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A fiery demon representing the chaos of the Paris Commune and more generally, the infernal results of the ideals of the French Revolution. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1871.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: June 1871Reference: 18167i- Books
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A course of lectures on the theory and practice of midwifery: in which, Every Thing essentially necessary to the true Knowledge of that Art will be fully explain'd, and clearly demonstrated; particularly, those Operations which are conformable to the Principles of mechanical Motion. Of the Form, Structure and constituent Parts of the Female Pelvis. Of the Organs of Generation, and the Doctrine of Conception;-The Nutrition and Situation of the Foetus in Utero, and its gradual Increase from its Rudiments to the Time of Birth. The Pathology, Treatment and Cure of the various Diseases incident to Child-Bearing Women and Infants, with the Regimen necessary to be observed, respecting the Non-Naturals, viz. Air, Diet, Motion and Rest, Sleep and Watching, Retention, Excretion and the Passions of the Mind. The Antient and Modern Manner of delivering Women in laborious and preternatural Cases compared; with a View of the Advantages and Defects of the Means proposed for that End. - For the clearer Demonstration of Operative Midwisry (whether simply by the Hand or the Application of Instruments) the several Methods of assisting both in natural and preternatural Labours, will not only be described according to the most approved modern Practice, but likewise distinctly shewn, by an artificial Representation of each difficult Case, upon Machines for that Purpose; constructed upon new Principles, and made to the most exact Imitation of real Women and Children. The Whole will be illustrated by such anatomical Preparations as are applicable to each Lecture; together with various practical Observations, extraordinary Cases, and necessary Cautions; but particularly, by real Labours. By John Leake, M. D. Member of the Royal College of Physicians, London, And Physician Man-Midwife to the Westminster New Lying-in Hospital, At his House in Craven-Street, in the Strand.
Leake, John, 1729-1792.Date: 1767- Archives and manuscripts
Society of Medical Officers of Health
Society of Medical Officers of HealthDate: 1856-1998Reference: SA/SMO- Books
Apocalypse delayed : the story of Jehovah's Witnesses / M. James Penton.
Penton, M. James, 1932-Date: 2015- Archives and manuscripts
Beckenham Photograph Library - Negatives & Finding Aids
Date: c1945-c1996Reference: WF/M/I/BPart of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Audio
Dr. Arthur Hollman interviews Dr. E.S. Stern and Mr E. Bridger.
Date: 1977- Videos
In two minds.
Date: 1991- Books
Waist-high in the world : a life among the nondisabled / Nancy Mairs.
Mairs, Nancy, 1943-2016Date: [1996]- Books
The lonely city : adventures in the art of being alone / Olivia Laing.
Laing, OliviaDate: 2016- Archives and manuscripts
Isidore of Seville, Etymologies
Date: Late 12th CenturyReference: MS.372- Pictures
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The life of the Buddha Śākyamuni. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
Reference: 47094i- Books
The global pain crisis : what everyone needs to know / Judy Foreman.
Foreman, JudyDate: [2017]- Videos
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Understanding aggression.
Date: 1960- Archives and manuscripts
Bates, John A.V., and the Ratio Club
Bates, John A.V. (1918-1993)Date: 1942-1985Reference: GC/179- Books
Disfigured : on fairy tales, disability, and making space / Amanda Leduc.
Leduc, AmandaDate: [2020]- Videos
So that nobody goes hungry.
Date: 1988- Books
Where my heart used to beat / Sebastian Faulks.
Faulks, SebastianDate: 2015- Pictures
A surgeon holding a naked female patient while trying to push away death, represented as a skeleton. Soft-ground etching by I. Saliger.
Saliger, Ivo, 1894-1986.Date: [1920]Reference: 23993i- Books
Critical : science and stories from the brink of human life / Dr Matt Morgan.
Morgan, Matt (Matthew Philip)Date: 2019- Books
Science of the people : understanding and using science in everyday contexts / Joan Solomon.
Solomon, Joan, 1932-Date: 2013- Videos
Mend me.
Date: 2013- Videos
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Health and clothing.
Date: [1928]- Archives and manuscripts
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Thomas of Cantimpré, De natura rerum, books V, VI and VII (incomplete)
Date: Early 14th CenturyReference: MS.770