Stories
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The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols
What have snakes, unicorns and crocodiles got to do with pharmacies? The history of these modern signs goes back to the Greek gods.
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Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
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How to cure the eco-anxious
Could community activism be the key to overcoming a fear of environmental collapse?
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Vivekananda’s journey
How a young Indian monk’s travels around the world inspired modern yoga.
Catalogue
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American Red Cross child welfare work in France / by J.H. Mason Knox.
Knox, J. H. Mason.Date: 1919- Books
Reports of the American Red Cross Commissions upon their activities in Macedonia, Thrace, Bulgaria, the Ægean Islands and Greece.
American National Red Cross.Date: 1919- Ephemera
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[Leaflet about the American Red Cross headquarters in Washington, D.C., its history and its museums areas].
Date: 1921- Pictures
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The words 'AIDS' and 'RED CROSS' written in red within a statement from the American Red Cross promoting their services to those living with AIDS. Colour lithograph 1990.
Date: Jan 1990Reference: 667114i- Ephemera
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[Certificate issued by the American Red Cross in 1945 in recognition of more than 500 hours of volunteer service. ].
Date: 1945