Stories
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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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A story of death, trauma and austerity
Marienna Pope-Weidemann, whose teenage cousin Gaia died after going missing, advocates a rethink of our systems, which currently fail many in mental distress.
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Paris Morgue and a public spectacle of death
Known as the “only free theatre in Paris”, La Morgue was a popular place for the public to view cadavers on display.
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Designing death in the virtual city
Danger and death are fun when they’re virtual – and when they incorporate realistic elements. Now the tables are turned, as urban planners learn from game environments.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
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Book of Forms: 'Medical Certificates of the Cause of Death'
Date: 1840sReference: RET/6/16/1Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
`Lymphatism as a Cause of Sudden Death in Cases of Goitre'
Date: c.1920sReference: SA/PHC/F.10/4/3Part of: Pioneer Health Centre Peckham, with papers of George Scott Williamson MD (1884-1953) and Innes Hope Pearse (1889-1978)- Books
Cause of death / Geoffrey Garrett and Andrew Nott.
Garrett, Geoffrey.Date: 2001- Books
Cause of death : the story of forensic science / Frank Smyth ; with a foreword by Colin Wilson.
Smyth, Frank, 1941-Date: 1980- Books
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Come and welcome to Jesus Christ; or, a plain and profitable discourse on John VI. 37. Shewing The Cause, Truth, and Manner of the Coming of a sinner to Jesus Christ; With his happy Reception, and blessed Entertainment. To which is added, the one thing needful; or, serious meditations on the four last things, Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell. By John Bunyan, Author of the pilgrim's progress.
Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.Date: 1798