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How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory

A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.

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The spectacle maker

Born into the eyewear business 80 years ago, Lawrence Jenkin still designs and makes glasses, while supporting and inspiring the generations of designers following him.

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The last glass-eye maker in Britain

Meet Jost Haas – the UK’s last artificial-eye maker working exclusively with glass.

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When depression is worse than physical illness

Chronic physical illnesses can be accompanied by troubling depressive symptoms. Elly Aylwin-Foster urges doctors to treat every aspect of her condition with the same care.

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  • King's College Hospital, Camberwell, London: entrance. Coloured lithograph by T. Picken.
  • King's College Hospital, London: resident medical officers, 1930. Photograph by Bassano, 1930.
  • Buildings and surgeons and physicians of King's College Hospital, London. Coloured lithograph by Beynon & Company after H. Hale.
  • King's College Hospital, Portugal-Street, Lincoln's Inn.
  • King's College, Strand, London. Engraving by J. C. Carter.
  • King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London: view of the boiler room. Process print after W. A. Pite, 1912.
  • King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London: detail views of a ward pavilion. Process print after W. A. Pite, 1912.
  • King's College, London. Engraving by J. Shury after T. H. Shepherd.
  • Charter of King's College, London. Coloured engraving by H.D. Smith, 1838.
  • Old University College Hospital, London: exterior.
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