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Epidemic threats and racist legacies

Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.

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Getting under the skin

Before the invention of X-ray in 1895 there was really only one way to accurately study the human body, and that was to cut it open.

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Building a dream in the garden suburbs

In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.

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Drugs in Victorian Britain

Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?

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  • Charles James Blasius Williams. Photograph.
  • Charles James Blasius Williams. Photograph.
  • Portrait of Charles Theodore Williams.
  • Charles James Blasius Williams. Lithograph by T. Bridgford.
  • Charles James Blasius Williams. Lithograph by T. Bridgford.
  • Memoirs of life and work / by Charles J.B. Williams.
  • Memoirs of life and work / by Charles J.B. Williams.
  • Charles J.B. Williams. Photograph by Barraud & Jerrard, 1873.
  • Harvey Williams Cushing and Sir Charles Scott Sherrington. Photograph, 1938.
  • Lynn Thorndike, Harvey Williams Cushing and Sir Charles Scott Sherrington. Photograph, 1938.
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