Stories
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Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
- Article
The poor child’s nurse
Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.
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Cowpox, Covid-19 and Jenner’s vaccination legacy
The well-known story of vaccination pioneer Edward Jenner has at its heart his drive to make vaccines free of charge and available to all. Now his principles extend to the global campaign for a people’s patent-free vaccine for Covid-19.
Catalogue
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Abridgments of the specifications relating to preservation of food / printed by order of the Commissioners of Patents.
Date: 1857- Books
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Sixth report of the Commissioners.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Vivisection (1906)Date: 1912- Books
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Fourth report of the Commissioners.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Vivisection (1906)Date: 1908- Books
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Third report of the Commissioners.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Vivisection (1906)Date: 1907- Books
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Fifth report of the Commissioners.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Vivisection (1906)Date: 1908