Stories
- Article
The case of the cancerous stomach
Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.
- Photo story
Obesity and Britain’s boys
Six young men and six experiences of being overweight. Find out how these boys and their loved ones feel about this stigmatising issue.
- Photo story
The last glass-eye maker in Britain
Meet Jost Haas – the UK’s last artificial-eye maker working exclusively with glass.
- Article
The birth of Britain's National Health Service
Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Haymaker - Hill, D
Date: 1948-1986Reference: PP/MLV/C/8/3Part of: Vogt, Dr Marthe Louise (1903-2003)- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Various reports - UK
Date: 1989-2011Reference: SA/SCT/B/2/17Part of: Brent Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre- Archives and manuscripts
History of Cervical Cancer Related Documents: Ian Duncan and Anne Johnson Papers
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCLDate: 1953-2009Reference: GC/253/A/38/8Part of: Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars- Journals
Scientific report to the council by the director of research.
- Archives and manuscripts
GW Kneale: Comment on a paper by C E Land - geographical heterogeneity of childhood cancer in Great Britain at the 10Km level
Date: 1980-1988Reference: PP/AMS/N.4Part of: Alice Stewart (1906-2002)