Stories
- Article
When the sun goes down
Despite the country’s colonial and industrial dominion, the finest minds of Victorian Britain began to fear the devastating effects of declining natural resources. Even the death of the sun.
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Making sunstroke insanity
Medical historian Dr Kristin Hussey takes a closer look at sunstroke and mental illness, and how, in the late 19th century, they connected at the crossroads of colonial science and the idea of whiteness.
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How can I stop fainting?
Fed up with the faints that bolstered her fragile young snowflake image, Gwen Smith sought expert medical help to keep her upright in trying situations.
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Making sense of senses lost
In rapid succession, Steve Barker suddenly lost sight and hearing on his left side. The effect on how he perceives the world has been profound.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Duplicated typescript report on heat stroke and heat exhaustion
Date: c.1940sReference: RAMC/792/1/6Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Report on effects of heat in Persia and Iraq Force (Paiforce). With appendices including plans of Heat Stroke Centre buildings and air-conditioned hospital wards, and Standing Orders, 1944, for disembarkation of personnel and unit m(otor) t(ransport) in Persian Gulf ports, Orders on precautions to be taken to prevent casualties from the effects of heat, and photocopy of Medical Memorandum "Effects of heat in Persia and Iraq"
Date: 1943Reference: RAMC/792/1/1Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Copy of a special note, 1942, by the Consultant Physician, Tenth Army, on some clinical aspects of "effects of heat"
Date: 1942Reference: RAMC/792/1/2Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Typescript of "Age incidence of adverse effects of climatic heat among British military personnel" (by Lipscombe, 1949). With graphs, tables, notes and correspondence with J. Irwin at the Statistical Research Centre, 1949
Date: 1949Reference: RAMC/792/1/5Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Typescript articles, "Anuria due to the effects of heat: unsuccessful treatment of spinal anaesthesia and renal decapsulation" by Major Richard Bayliss and Major Sidney Waller of the British Military Hospital, Delhi, 1947
Date: 1947Reference: RAMC/792/1/3Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection