Stories
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The poor child’s nurse
Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.
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Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
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Genius spirits and the mystery of creative inspiration
Once upon a time, we all had a genius.
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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence - General Meeting and Executive Committee
Date: 1963-1964Reference: SA/CMO/C/75Part of: Association of County Medical Officers of Health and the County Medical Officers Group of the Society of Medical Officers of Health- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence - General Meeting and Executive Committee
Date: 1 May 1964Reference: SA/CMO/C/71Part of: Association of County Medical Officers of Health and the County Medical Officers Group of the Society of Medical Officers of Health- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence - General Meeting and Executive Committee
Date: 1 Feb 1963Reference: SA/CMO/C/60Part of: Association of County Medical Officers of Health and the County Medical Officers Group of the Society of Medical Officers of Health- Books
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A candid historical account of the Hospital for the reception of exposed and deserted young children; representing The present Plan of it as productive of many Evils, and not adapted to the Genius and Happiness of this Nation. Shewing, on the other hand, The great Importance of the Establishment, if put under proper Regulations, as the most effectual Means of preserving the Lives of a great Number of such Infants as have usually perished within the Bills of Mortality. With a proposal for carrying a new design into execution. To which is added, a letter from a country gentleman to a governor of the Hospital: Containing Many Observations relating to Foundlings born, educated, or employed, in the Country; collected from real Facts: With his Opinion concerning the Amendments necessary.
Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786.Date: [1760]- Books
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Inquiry into some points of the sanatory state of Edinburgh : the rate of mortality of its inhabitants since 1780; their average duration of life; the differences in the rate of mortality among its different classes, and among the married and single; and its comparative eligibility as a place of residence, and for the education of children / by James Stark.
Date: 1847