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The cook who became a pariah

New York, 1907. Mary Mallon spreads infection, unaware that her name will one day become synonymous with typhoid.

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NHS strikes and the decade of discontent

When the social unrest of the 1970s spread to the NHS, dissatisfied staff challenged the status quo for the first time in quarter of a century.

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Medics, migration and the NHS

In the 1960s the NHS became Britain’s biggest employer. So to help fill all those jobs, the government brought in thousands of workers from abroad.

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An emotional journey through drink

David Jesudason’s relationship with alcohol is complicated. Here he explores how booze can shape our behaviour, describing how he’s matured from underage drinker to cask-ale connoisseur.

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  • Employment of the poor as street-orderlies
  • AIDS and work : the facts employees should know / prepared by the Department of Employment and the Central Office of Information.
  • AIDS and work : the facts employees should know / prepared by the Department of Employment and the Central Office of Information.
  • The bottle, by George Cruikshank; 'He is discharged from his employment for drunkeness'
  • Volidan 21 has the lowest oestrogenic activity of any combined oral contraceptive : employment and the British.
  • Volidan 21 has the lowest oestrogenic activity of any combined oral contraceptive : employment and the British.
  • Ether and chloroform : their employment in surgery, dentistry, midwifery, therapeutics, etc / by J.F.B. Flagg.
  • The bottle, by George Cruikshank; 'Unable to obtain employment, they are driven by poverty into the street to beg'
  • Salvitae : Osler and McCrae advise the employment of sodium, calcium, potassium and magnesium salts for the prevention of acidosis.
  • A servants' employment agency where prospective employees are having their heads phrenologically examined as to their suitabililty. Coloured etching by W. Taylor.
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