Stories
- Article
Confession as therapy in the Middle Ages
The line between confession and counselling has been blurred for centuries.
- Article
On nature cures and taking the waters
When chilly outdoor swims began to chip away at her depression, Jessica J Lee was drawn to a closer study of the complex natural world around her.
- Article
A symbol of a lost homeland
The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.
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Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Pilot Leprosy Control Project
Date: February 1965-March 1966Reference: WTI/LEP/C/2/1/7Part of: LEPRA (formerly The British Leprosy Relief Association, now LEPRA Health in Action)- Digital Images
- Online
Leprosy: impairment records
The Leprosy Mission International- Videos
Leprosy update 1988.
Date: 1988- Videos
- Online
Leprosy update 1988.
Date: 1988- Digital Images
- Online
Leprosy: sensory testing