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Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances

In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.

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Restoring disorder to ‘The Book of Disquiet’

Printer Tim Hopkins explains what making an extraordinary new edition of Fernando Pessoa’s book revealed about both the text and the mind.

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The tradesman who confronted the pestilence

The City of London, 1665. As the Great Plague hits the capital, John New faces a deadly dilemma.

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Jim, the horse of death

Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.

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  • [British Red Cross Society / Order of St. John sticker, as used in 1992].
  • Fra Gerardo, founder of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. Line engraving.
  • The interior of a hospital of the Order of St. John. Line engraving by Rasmäsler, 1828, after J.H. Ramberg.
  • Costume of the Order of St. Lazarus, 15th century.
  • [Certificate issued by the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John "in recognition of valuable services rendered during the war."].
  • [Portrait of Henry, Duke of Gloucester, sent out in thanks for help in his Penny-a-week fund for the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John].
  • Almshouses in St. John's Wood Marylebone. Engraving from Architect's drawing. In course of erction at the time of publication. Architects John Pink and John St. Exlam.
  • [Printed letter from Henry, Duke of Gloucester, sent out in thanks for help in his Penny-a-week fund for the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John. Government House, Canberra is given as the sender's address].
  • Portrait of John Lumsden Propert, a member of the St. Albans Medical Club
  • Portrait of John Lumsden Propert, a member of the St. Albans Medical Club
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