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The hell of hay fever
After years suffering in silence, David Jesudason finds speaking out about his pollen allergy gives him hope for a future where his hay-fever symptoms are under control.
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How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory
A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.
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The child whose town rejected vaccines
Gloucester, 1896. Ethel Cromwell is taken ill at the height of Britain’s last great smallpox epidemic.
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Getting the measure of pain
In the 20th century doctors tried to find a way to measure pain. But even when ‘objective’ measures were rejected, an accurate understanding of another’s pain remained frustratingly elusive.
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A general bill of all the christenings and burials, In the Parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, Middlesex, From the 21st of December, 1786, to the 21st of December, 1787; Presented by their obedient Servant; George Goodyer, Deputy Clerk. Whereof Have Died, Under Two Years of Age - 50 Between Two and Five - 24 - Five and Ten - - 9 - Ten and Twenty - 7 - Twenty and Thirty - 17 - Thirty and Forty - 16 Between Forty and Fifty - 19 - Fifty and Sixty - 22 - Sixty and Seventy - 18 - Seventy and Eighty - 16 - Eighty and Ninety - 8 - Ninety and a Hundred - 4 In all - 210 Diseases and Casualties. Aged - - - 20 Ague - - - 3 Apoplexy - - - 2 Asthma - - - 5 Cancer - - - 1 Childbed - - - 2 Cholic - - - 4 Consumption - - 55 Convulsions - - - 18 Dropsy - - - 4 Drowned by Accident - - 2 Fever - - - 20 Fits - - - 17 Gout - - - 1 Gripes - - - 5 Hooping Cough - - 3 Inflammation - - 2 Measles - - - 5 Mortification - - - 4 Palsy - - - 3 Small Pox - - - 21 Teeth - - - 8 Thrush - - - 5 In all - 210 Abortive and Still - Born, Ten. Christened. Males - - - 90 Females - - - 77 In all - 167 Buried. Males - - - 107 Females - - - 103 In all - 210 Increased in the Baptisms, 2. - In the Burials, 30. N. B. Out of which Number of Burials, were Nine Strangers buried.
Parish of Saint Luke (Chelsea, London, England)Date: [1787]- Books
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A dissertation on fevers and inflammatory distempers : wherein an expeditious method is proposed of curing those dangerous disorders / by R. James, M.D. ... ; to which is added, an account of the success with which this medicine has been given in the small pox, yellow fever, slow fever, and rheumatism.
James, R. (Robert), 1703?-1776.Date: 1755- Books
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A general bill of all the christnings and burials In the Parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, Middlesex, from the 21st of December 1778, to the 21st of December 1779. Presented by their obedient Servant, George Goodyer, Deputy Clerk. Whereof have died, Years of Age, Under Two Years of Age 68 Between Two and Five - 28 Five and Ten - - 5 Ten and Twenty - - 6 Twenty and Thirty - - 18 Thirty and Forty - - 16 Forty and Fifty - - - 22 Fifty and Sixty - - 18 Sixty and Seventy - - 20 Seventy and Eighty - - 19 Eighty and Ninety - - 8 Ninety and a Hundred - 2 In all 230 Diseases and Casualties. Aged - - - 20 Ague - - - - - 6 Apoplexy and Suddenly - 5 Asthma - - - - - 6 Cancer - - - - 2 Cholic - - - - - 3 Consumption - - 59 Convulsions - - - - 18 Dropsy - - - 4 Drowned by Accident - 1 Fever - - - 16 Fits - - - - - - 20 Gout - - - 1 Gripes - - - - - 6 Hooping Cough - - 3 Inflammation - - 3 Measles - - - - - 4 Mortification - - 3 Palsy - - - - - 6 Small Pox - - 26 Teeth - - - - - 10 Thrush - - - 8 In all 230 Abortive and Still-Born 7 Christned Males 64 Females 66 In all 130 Decreased in the Baptisms this Year 13. Buried Males 140 Females 90 In all 230 Decreased in the Burials this Year 5. N. B. Out of which Number of Burials were 22 Strangers buried.
Parish of Saint Luke (Chelsea, London, England)Date: 1779]- Books
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A general bill of all the christnings and burials In the Parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, Middlesex, from the 21st of December 1777, to the 21st of December 1778. Presented by their obedient Servant, George Goodyer, Deputy Clerk. Whereof have died, Years of Age, Under Two Years of Age 70 Between Two and Five - 26 Five and Ten - - 6 Ten and Twenty - - 8 Twenty and Thirty - - 16 Thirty and Forty - - 18 Forty and Fifty - - - 26 Fifty and Sixty - - 12 Sixty and Seventy - - 25 Seventy and Eighty - - 16 Eighty and Ninety - - 9 Ninety and a Hundred 3 In all 235 Diseases and Casualties. Aged - - - 26 Ague - - - - - 3 Apoplexy and Suddenly - 3 Asthma - - - - - 8 Cancer - - - - 3 Childbed - - - 1 Cholic - - - - - 2 Consumption - - 60 Convulsions - - - - 20 Dropsy - - - 8 Drowned by Accident - 1 Fever - - - 18 Fits - - - - - - 26 Gout - - - 2 Gripes - - - - - 10 Hooping Cough - - 2 Inflammation - - 4 Killed by a Fall - - - 1 Measles - - - - - 3 Mortification - - 3 Palsy - - - - - 6 Small Pox - - 14 Teeth - - - - - 5 Thrush - - - 6 In all 235 Abortive and Still-Born 6 Christned Males 69 Females 74 In all 143 Decreased in the Baptisms this Year 7. Buried Males 116 Females 119 In all 235 Decreased in the Burials this Year 45. N. B. Out of which Number of Burials were 22 Strangers buried.
Parish of Saint Luke (Chelsea, London, England)Date: 1778]- Books
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A general bill of all the christnings and burials In the Parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, Middlesex, from the 21st of December 1782, to the 21st of December 1783. Presented by their obedient Servant, George Goodyer, Deputy Clerk. Whereof have died, Years of Age, Under Two Years of Age 52 Between Two and Five - 25 Five and Ten - - 12 Ten and Twenty - - 7 Twenty and Thirty - 12 Thirty and Forty - - 19 Forty and Fifty - - 20 Fifty and Sixty - - 19 Sixty and Seventy - - 20 Seventy and Eighty - 18 Eighty and Ninety - - 17 Ninety and a Hundred - 3 In all 224 Diseases and Casualties. Aged - - - 22 Ague - - - 3 Apoplexy and Suddenly - 2 Asthma - - 7 Cancer - - - 3 Childbed - - - 2 Cholic - - - 5 Consumption - - 58 Convulsions - - - 16 Dropsy - - - 4 Drowned by Accident - 1 Fever - - - 14 Fits - - - 17 Found dead - - - 1 Gout - - - - 1 Gripes - - - - 11 Hooping Cough - - 5 Inflammation - - 4 Measles - - - 8 Mortification - - 6 Palsy - - - - 4 Small Pox - - 12 Teeth - - - - 10 Thrush - - - 8 In all 224 Abortive and Still-Born 5. Christned Males 95 Females 102 In all 197 Increased in the Baptisms this Year 36. Buried Males 101 Females 123 In all 224 Decreased in the Burials this Year 4. N. B. Out of which Number of Burials were 15 Strangers buried.
Parish of Saint Luke (Chelsea, London, England)Date: 1783]