Stories
- In pictures
Why we still need quarantine
For years, quarantine has been an important measure to curb the spread of infection and avert further deaths. Discover the way it has been used in the past and why it is still necessary today.
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Confession as therapy in the Middle Ages
The line between confession and counselling has been blurred for centuries.
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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.
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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
- Books
Leprosy : new hope and continuing challenge / by Stanley G. Browne.
Browne, Stanley G. (Stanley George), 1907-1986.Date: 1966- Books
Leprosy : symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention / by Robert G. Cochrane.
Cochrane, Robert G. (Robert Greenhill)Date: [1930]- Books
Leprosy.
Date: 1957- Books
Leprosy : diagnosis, treatment and prevention / by Ernest Muir.
Muir, Ernest, 1880-1974.Date: 1938- CD-Roms
Leprosy / the Wellcome Trust.
Date: 1998