Stories
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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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Fake news and the flu
Discover how history shows that fake news could play a deadly role – by generating potentially lethal misinformation during a future pandemic.
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Milk trails round Euston
Where cows once grazed near Wellcome Collection in London, baristas now froth their milk. Esther Leslie uncovers Euston’s dairy-based urban history.
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Graveyards as green getaways
Stressed city dwellers have been visiting cemeteries in greater numbers since the start of the pandemic. Discover how, despite the constant reminders of death, graveyards bring visitors a sense of renewal.
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Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London, for the year 1852-3 / by John Simon.
Simon, Sir John, 1816-1904.Date: 1853- Books
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An essay on the epidemic cholera : being an inquiry, into its new, or contagious character; including remarks on the treatment; as likewise, tables of the average rate of disease and mortality, recently occurring in London / by John Webster.
Webster John, 1795-1876.Date: 1832- Books
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Reports relating to the sanitary condition of London / By John Simon.
Simon, John, Sir, 1816-1904.Date: MDCCCLIV [1854]- Archives and manuscripts
23 glass lantern slides used by Sir Leonard Rogers for his Stephen Paget Memorial Lecture 1933 plus additional slides used by him
Date: c.1933Reference: SA/RDS/P/4Part of: Research Defence Society- Archives and manuscripts
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Parkes Pamphlet Collection: Volume 2
Date: 1822-1862Reference: RAMC/474/2Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection