Stories
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The ‘undesirable epileptic’
Abused in her marriage for being 'a sick woman', Aparna Nair looked to history to make sense of the response to her epilepsy. She discovered how centuries of fear and discrimination were often endorsed by science and legislation.
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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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The purpose and provision of the "Contagious Diseases Acts" and the reasons for their total repeal / [H. Calderwood and Thomas Guthrie].
Calderwood, Henry, 1830-1897.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]- Books
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Mr. Gladstone and the Contagious Diseases Acts / by Joseph Edmondson.
Edmondson, Joseph.Date: [1874]- Books
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Address delivered in Craigie Hall, Edinburgh, February 24th, 1871 / by Josephine E. Butler.
Butler, Josephine Elizabeth Grey, 1828-1906.Date: 1871- Books
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The Contagious Diseases Act : a paper read by Francis Cadell, Esq, F.R.C.S.E., lecturer on syphilology, Edinburgh School of Medicine, before the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh, January, 1881, on the hygienic and legislative failure of the acts, with the discussion of the Society.
Cadell, Francis.Date: [1881]- Books
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The Select Committee of the House of Commons on the contagious diseases acts (1866-69), sessions of 1879 to 1882, inclusive : the minority report / as adopted by Mr. Stansfeld, M.P. [and others] ; with references to the evidence on which it is founded.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the Contagious Diseases Acts (1866-69)Date: 1882