Stories
- Article
The food diary and the power of unhealth
Food diaries might appear to present a strictly factual record of dietary choices, but what they don’t include is the more revealing story, as Virginia Hartley suggests.
- Article
What is hysteria?
Hysteria has long been associated with fanciful myths, but its history reveals how it has been used to control women’s behaviour and bodies
- Book extract
A doctor, his community and coronavirus
Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.
- Book extract
Why the NHS is worth saving
In this extract from his latest book, ‘Free For All’, Dr Gavin Francis poses challenging questions to be addressed if a health service that’s free for all at the point of use is to remain possible.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Registers of Lunatics and General Register
Date: 1839-1962Reference: DGH1/5/2Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital- Archives and manuscripts
Certificate of Land Transfer
Date: 5 July 1995Reference: DGH1/3/10/18Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital- Archives and manuscripts
Voluntary Sanctions
Date: 1939Reference: DGH1/5/1/2/25Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital
- Digital Images
- Online
Tendon transfer surgery: electrotherapy
- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence Files arranged by name of Patient
Date: c 1900-1960Reference: RET/6/20/1Part of: The Retreat Archive