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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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The poor child’s nurse

Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.

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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.

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The friendly societies and healthcare

For a couple of centuries, friendly societies plugged the healthcare gap between expensive private care and charitable institutions for many thousands of people in the UK.

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  • National AIDS Trust 1994 year planner / National AIDS Trust.
  • National registration identity card.
  • National registration identity card.
  • Catalogue / [National Museum of Antiquities].
  • National AIDS Trust : if undelivered please return to: National AIDS Trust, FREEPOST, Bradford BD12 0BR.
  • National AIDS Trust : if undelivered please return to: National AIDS Trust, FREEPOST, Bradford BD12 0BR.
  • Dairybear's fun time / National Dairy Council.
  • Dairybear's fun time / National Dairy Council.
  • Dairybear's fun time / National Dairy Council.
  • Dairybear's fun time / National Dairy Council.
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Fete of the Nation

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