Stories
- In pictures
Moles’ feet, dried frogs and other folk medicines
Early-20th-century folklorist Edward Lovett made it his mission to discover the nation’s beliefs and superstitions, collecting amulets from cottage cupboards up and down the country.
- Article
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.
- Article
Finding consolation in social isolation
Feeling isolated and anxious during the lockdowns of the last year, Tanya Perdikou found solace in reconnecting to her past and reaching out to neighbours in the present.
- Article
Love, longing and tea from the polski sklep
For people of Polish origin in the UK, herbal tea is closely tied to health and shared history. Kasia Tomasiewicz explores her changing relationship to these tea-related cultural habits.
Catalogue
- Books
From clinic to concentration camp : reassessing Nazi medical and racial research, 1933-1945 / edited by Paul Weindling.
Date: 2017- Books
Theory, practice, and application of prevention in environmental health services : social determinants of human health task force reports / sponsored by the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, and the American College of Preventive Medicine.
Date: 1976
- Books
- Online
The ladies' indispensable companion and housekeepers' guide : embracing rules of etiquette, rules for the formation of good habits, and a great variety of medical recipes : to which is added one of the best systems of cookery ever published : the majority of the recipes are new and ought to be possessed by everyone.
Date: 1860- Books
Posters, protests, and prescriptions : cultural histories of the National Health Service in Britain / edited by Jennifer Crane and Jane Hand.
Date: 2022- Books
Biological, social, and organizational components of success for women in academic science and engineering : report of a workshop / Committee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Date: [2006], ©2006