Stories
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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.
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Designing death in the virtual city
Danger and death are fun when they’re virtual – and when they incorporate realistic elements. Now the tables are turned, as urban planners learn from game environments.
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A story of death, trauma and austerity
Marienna Pope-Weidemann, whose teenage cousin Gaia died after going missing, advocates a rethink of our systems, which currently fail many in mental distress.
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Paris Morgue and a public spectacle of death
Known as the “only free theatre in Paris”, La Morgue was a popular place for the public to view cadavers on display.
Catalogue
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The recent decline in the English death-rate considered in connection with the causes of death / by G.B. Longstaff.
Longstaff, George Blundell, 1849-1921.Date: 1884- Books
Manual of the international list of causes of death : as adapted for use in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland based on the fifth decennial revision by the International Commission, Paris, 1938.
Date: 1940- Books
Manual of the international list of causes of death : as adapted for use in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland based on the fourth decennial revision by the International Commission, Paris, 1929.
Date: 1931- Books
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The causes of death in diphtheria, with notes on treatment / by E. Mansel Sympson.
Sympson, Edward Mansel, 1860-1921.Date: 1891- Books
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On the causes of death of many of the animals at the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, from 1851 to February 1860 / by Edwards Crisp.
Crisp, Edwards, 1806-1882.Date: [1860]