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Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
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Designing better mental health wards
Bringing colour and natural light to tired, grubby mental health wards has a measurably positive effect on patients. A few groundbreaking projects are showing the way.
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The cook who became a pariah
New York, 1907. Mary Mallon spreads infection, unaware that her name will one day become synonymous with typhoid.
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When parenting brings a paradigm shift
There were no indications during her pregnancy that Carol Nahra’s son would have severe, life-threatening disabilities. Here she describes the stages on her journey from shock to love and beyond.
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Interior of a hospital for horses. Drawing by G. Cruikshank,1835.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: [1835]Reference: 543463i- Books
The Blue Cross at work : a visit to a base hospital for wounded horses / by Charles W. Forward.
Forward, Charles W. (Charles Walter)Date: [Between 1915 and 1919?]- Archives and manuscripts
Ticehurst House Hospital
Ticehurst House HospitalDate: 1787-1975Reference: MSS.6245-6790, 8408-8409, 8591, 8928- Pictures
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The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with ladies and gentlemen walking in the foreground. Engraving.
Reference: 25625i- Pictures
A horse or donkey in black outline. Watercolour by K. Joyce.
Joyce, K., active approximately 1974.Date: [1974?]Reference: 2988829iPart of: Adamson Collection