Stories
- Article
Doctor in the house
A house is not always a home – sometimes it’s impermanent, impersonal. But other aspects of the itinerant life can be the source of a sense of home.
- Book extract
Why the NHS is worth saving
In this extract from his latest book, ‘Free For All’, Dr Gavin Francis poses challenging questions to be addressed if a health service that’s free for all at the point of use is to remain possible.
- Article
WhatsApp aunties and the spread of fake news
The advantages of WhatApp chat groups – especially as a cost-free way of keeping in touch with family around the world – make them fertile ground for the spread of bogus medical advice. Writer Rianna Walcott explores how to encourage ‘aunties’ in the community to question the truth of unattributed health hoaxes.
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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
West Wing and Nurses’ Training School exteriors
Date: Mid 20th centuryReference: RET 1/8/5/1/6Part of: The Retreat Archive- Books
Boston City Hospital Training School for Nurses : historical sketch / by Mary M. Riddle.
Riddle, Mary M.Date: 1928- Archives and manuscripts
Exteriors of the first Retreat Nurses' Home, built 1898-9, later called the West Wing and used as a Nurses' Training School
Date: c 1899-1964Reference: RET 1/8/5/1Part of: The Retreat Archive- Books
History of the Massachusetts General Hospital Training School for Nurses / by Sara E. Parsons.
Parsons, S. E. (Sara E.)Date: 1922
- Books
- Online
Graduating exercises of the class of 1900 / The Albany Hospital Training School for Nurses.
Date: 1900