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Birth, babies and boxes of memories
With memories of her baby in neonatal intensive care still fresh, Erin Beeston decides to unearth the poignant objects her family kept following births, going back as far as Victorian times.
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Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
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Plant portraits
The beautiful and mysterious illustrations in medieval herbals convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.
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Invisibility
Why do menopausal women feel invisible? Because nobody talks about menopause or because society doesn't value older women?
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The pharmacopoeia of the United States of America / by authority of the National Convention for Revising the Pharmacopoeia, held at Washington, A.D. 1890.
National Convention for Revising the Pharmacopoeia.Date: 1893- Archives and manuscripts
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Conference at Berlin, 1869. Correspondence between Longmore and Director General (Logan), Army Medical Department, War Office, concerning Longmore's attendance as British delegate. Also includes correspondence with Soharrath concerning proposed reforms of treatment of wounded in war time, and with Foreign Office asking for Admiral Yelverton's report on Geneva discussions of 1868 as to additional articles to Geneva Convention
Date: 1869Reference: RAMC/1139/LP/25/1-21Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Books
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On the Geneva Convention of August the 22nd, 1864 : with some account of the national committees formed for aiding in ameliorating the condition of the sick and wounded of armies in time of war : a lecture delivered at the Royal United Service Institution.
Longmore, Sir Thomas, 1816-1895.Date: [1866]- Books
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On the Geneva Convention of 1864 : in relation to the aid afforded by volunteer societies to sick and wounded soldiers during the late Franco-German War, with a glance at the proper functions of national aid societies, particularly the British Aid Society, in the future : a lecture delivered at the Royal United Service Institution.
Longmore, Sir Thomas, 1816-1895.Date: [1872]- Books
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The proceedings of the World's Temperance Convention, held in London, August 4th, and four following days : with the papers laid before the convention, letters read, statistics and general information presented, &c., &c.
World's Temperance Convention (1846 : London, England)Date: 1846