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Sockets and stumps

Historian Emily Mayhew has met soldiers who have survived the seemingly unsurvivable. Here, she explores the part prosthetics play in the process of military rehabilitation.

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Guerrilla public health

From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.

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Disability in the post-pandemic world

Disabled people have suffered more than most during Covid-19, but there is still a chance to build a kinder society. Dolly Sen explores whether we will come together, or allow more brutal disparities to develop in the worsening recession.

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The island of unclaimed bodies

In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.

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  • Cartoon "Civil Service Stores" from Punch 11 March 1876
  • Civil Service Dental Company Ltd., 1895?
  • Women wanted as ambulance drivers : offer your services to your local council or any branch of Women's Voluntary Services : Civil Defence / [Ministry of Labour and National Service?].
  • Members of the British National Hospital Service Reserve attending to someone who has been injured; advertising recuitment to the National Hospital Service Reserve. Colour lithograph, 1951 (?).
  • Men wanted for stretcher parties : ...and they are wanted in thousands for a real man's job : apply to your local council now / [Ministry of Labour and National Service?].
  • A Mandarin official, Late Qing China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • A Mandarin official, Late Qing China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Sharing the future : a unique and personal wedding and civil partnership ceremony for those who live without religion / British Humanist Association.
  • Sharing the future : a unique and personal wedding and civil partnership ceremony for those who live without religion / British Humanist Association.
  • Sharing the future : a unique and personal wedding and civil partnership ceremony for those who live without religion / British Humanist Association.
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