Stories
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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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The tale of the toxic kidneys
In 1954 a serendipitous coming together of skills and circumstances allowed the first successful organ transplant to take place. Read how Richard Herrick’s life was prolonged by his identical twin’s generosity.
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My mother, and metaphors of a pandemic
A pandemic. Two members of one family, living thousands of miles apart. And months of calls and messages that helped them grow closer.
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How to thrive in lockdown
Gareth Berliner shares how being a Disabled person has given him the resilience and motivation to find a new creative challenge during lockdown.
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A baby receiving a vaccination: Immunization against diseases in children in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Division of Health Education, ca. 2000.
Date: [2000?]Reference: 757052i- Books
International Conference on Measles Immunization held at National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., Nov. 7-9, 1961.
International Conference on Measles Immunization (1961 : Bethesda, Md.)Date: 1962]- Books
Crusade to immunize the world's children : the origins of the Bill and Melinda Gates children's vaccine program and the birth of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization / William Muraskin.
Muraskin, William A.Date: 2005- Books
Immunization : how vaccines became controversial / Stuart Blume.
Blume, Stuart S., 1942-Date: 2017- Pictures
A nurse bearing a green arm band immunizing a baby with a queue of women and children behind her: immunization against polio in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by JHU/PCS, ca. 1998.
Date: [1998?]Reference: 799907iPart of: Kick polio out of Nigeria