Stories
- Long read
Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
- Interview
Refugee health on a pound a day
Two refugees living a hand-to-mouth existence in the UK explain how trauma has affected their health, and how a little kindness is bringing them hope.
- Article
A brief history of ventilation
As ventilators continue to play an important part in helping very ill coronavirus patients, medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris traces their development from the first attempts at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation through centuries of medical crises.
- Long read
Our complicated love affair with light
Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.
Catalogue
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Sir Hugh Myddelton, portrayed holding a rolled plan of the New River. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1862, after J. Thomas.
Thomas, John, 1813-1862.Date: 1862Reference: 7124i
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Sir Hugh Myddelton, in an oval surround underneath which are surveying and mining tools, with a plan of the course of the New River. Line engraving by A. Walker, 1751, after C. Johnson, 1632.
Janssen van Ceulen, Cornelius, 1593-1661.Date: 1751Reference: 7119i
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A new belodont reptile (Stegomus) from the Connecticut River sandstone / by O.C. Marsh.
Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899.Date: 1896- Books
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The New England primer, or, An easy and pleasant guide to the art of reading. Adorn'd with cutts. To which is added, the Assembly of Divines catechism, &c.
Date: 1789- Books
Selected papers of Frederick Sanger : with commentaries / edited by Frederick Sanger, Margaret Dowding, retired from the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England.
Sanger, Frederick, 1918-2013Date: 1996