Stories
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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.
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Public health campaigns and the ‘threat’ of disability
By continuing to represent disability as the feared outcome of disease, public health campaigns help to perpetuate prejudice against disabled people.
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Medics and the bomb
Would a nuclear attack on the UK overwhelm the NHS? At the height of the Cold War, despite government optimism, medics predicted doom.
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A brief history of ventilation
As ventilators continue to play an important part in helping very ill coronavirus patients, medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris traces their development from the first attempts at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation through centuries of medical crises.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
"Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Botswana 1977-1978: Report and Recommendations of the ODM Investigation Team. Part Two."
Date: [1978]Reference: WF/E/13/21/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
"Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Botswana 1977-1978: Report and Recommendations of the ODM Investigation Team. Part One."
Date: June 1978Reference: WF/E/13/21/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Foot and Mouth Disease Related Documents
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCLDate: 1968-2002Reference: GC/253/A/18/6Part of: Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars- Archives and manuscripts
Foot and Mouth Disease
Date: 1922-1941Reference: PP/JRH/A/186Part of: Hutchinson, James Randal (c. 1880-1955) and Bradley, William Henry (1898-1975)- Archives and manuscripts
Vaccines: Foot and Mouth Disease
Date: c.1960-c.1970Reference: WF/M/PL/374Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd