Stories
- Article
Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances
In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.
- Article
Spanish flu and the depiction of disease
The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed many millions more than World War I did. Find out why contemporary artistic depictions of its devastating impact are so rare.
- In pictures
The eyes have it
In 1583, eye specialist Georg Bartisch published a book detailing the treatments he’d developed for various eye disorders. Today his approach seems to mix surprising innovation with entirely contemporary religious judgement.
- Photo story
Obesity and Britain’s boys
Six young men and six experiences of being overweight. Find out how these boys and their loved ones feel about this stigmatising issue.
Catalogue
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Genetic eye diseases : retinitis pigmentosa and other inherited eye disorders proceedings of the International Symposium on Genetics and Ophthalmology, held in Jerusalem, Israel, September 1981 / editors, Edward Cotlier, Irene H. Maumenee, Elaine R. Berman.
International Symposium on Genetics and Ophthalmology (1981 : Jerusalem)Date: [1982], ©1982
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Genetic eye diseases : retinitis pigmentosa and other inherited eye disorders proceedings of the International Symposium on Genetics and Ophthalmology, held in Jerusalem, Israel, September 1981 / editors, Edward Cotlier, Irene H. Maumenee, Elaine R. Berman.
Date: [1982], ©1982- Ephemera
Eye care and diseases ephemera. Box 1.
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On the relations between dental lesions and diseases of the eye / by Henry Power.
Power, H. (Henry), 1829-1911.Date: 1883
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An additional test for the diagnosis and correction of the optical defects of the eye / by William Thomson.
Thomson, William, 1833-1907.Date: 1870