Stories
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The search for a cure for endometriosis
Discover how a white American doctor’s experimental operations on black female slaves laid the foundations for modern gynaecological surgery.
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Permission to recover
When it comes to illness, sometimes the end is just the beginning. Gavin Francis argues why being given permission to recover is so important.
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Homes for the hives of industry
By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.
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Almshouses / Brian Bailey.
Bailey, Brian J.Date: 1988- Digital Images
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Almshouses in St. John's Wood Marylebone. Poster advertising an entertainment to be given to raise funds on 30th October, 1837.
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Almshouses in St. John's Wood Marylebone. Engraving from Architect's drawing. In course of erction at the time of publication. Architects John Pink and John St. Exlam.
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Draper's Almshouses, Margate / Joan Rootes.
Rootes, Joan.Date: 1980- Pictures
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Former Almshouses, Shoreditch, London: west front. Etching, 1834.
Date: 1834Reference: 24149i