Stories
- Article
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 birth of Britain's National Health Service
Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.
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Children in burns prevention campaigns
Whose responsibility is it to prevent accidental burns and scalds in the home? Shane Ewen’s research shows that it’s everyone’s concern.
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How can we prevent violence?
Evidence shows that strategies to prevent some types of violence can be very effective, while other, less well-acknowledged forms continue unabated. But hope can still guide us into a more peaceful future.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis and successors
Date: 1890s-1980sReference: SA/NPT/APart of: National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis, successor and associated bodies- Archives and manuscripts
National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis, successor and associated bodies
National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and other forms of TuberculosisDate: 1890s-1990sReference: SA/NPT- Journals
Tuberculosis : the journal of the National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and Other Forms of Tuberculosis.
Date: 1899-- Archives and manuscripts
British Congress on Tuberculosis for the Prevention of Consumption
Date: 1900-1909Reference: SA/NPT/BPart of: National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis, successor and associated bodies- Books
Transactions of Edinburgh meeting and conference on Tuberculosis, July 1910 / National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and Other Forms of Tuberculosis.
National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and Other Forms of Tuberculosis. Conference 1910 : Edinburgh, Scotland)Date: 1911