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Hookah smoking in colonial Calcutta
Hookah smoking began in the royal courts of Mughal India, and like many other local customs, it was readily adopted by British colonials in the 18th century as a symbol of wealth and status.
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The work of wet-nursing
Many of us know that in the past, babies were sometimes nourished by wet-nurses. But, perhaps surprisingly, the practice continues today – and the milk recipients are not only babies.
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London, city of lost hospitals
Come on the trail of hundreds of ghost hospitals, whose remnants hold clues to medical treatments of the past.
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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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Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.
Royal Society of Tasmania.
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The aborigines of Tasmania. Pt. II. The skeleton / by Sir William Turner.
Turner, Wm. (William), Sir, 1832-1916.Date: 1910
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The craniology, racial affinities, and descent of the aborigines of Tasmania / by Sir William Turner.
Turner, Wm. (William), Sir, 1832-1916.Date: 1908
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Report of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. 1846.
Royal Society of TasmaniaDate: 1846- Archives and manuscripts
Reprints and Text (2)
Date: 1941-1984Reference: PSY/HEA/1/2Part of: Hearnshaw, Leslie Spencer (1907-1991)