Stories
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Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles
Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.
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Sharing breastmilk with parents
Alev Scott donated her frozen breastmilk to a hospital milk bank, but she was curious about other routes. Here she explores commercial operations and informal private arrangements.
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
Catalogue
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Food hygiene - ashore and afloat / C.P. Collins.
Collins, Charles Patrick.Date: 1963- Videos
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The germ who came to dinner.
Date: 1978- Books
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On the remedies used by the Caffres to prevent blood poisoning from anthrax / by R. Peel Ritchie.
Ritchie, Robert Peel, 1835-1902.Date: 1887- Books
Food fact file / Dr Joan Davies ; with further contributions by Chandra Morar.
Davies, JoanDate: [1992]- Pictures
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Four illustrations showing the dangers of donating contaminated blood and transmitting AIDS through injecting, unsafe sex and pregnancy; a further 4 illustrations show ways in which AIDS is not transmitted from mosquito bites to sharing food; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the AIDS Control Project of the Goverment of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. Colour lithograph, 1997?.
Date: [1997?]Reference: 677606i