Stories
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The cook who became a pariah
New York, 1907. Mary Mallon spreads infection, unaware that her name will one day become synonymous with typhoid.
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Thomas Sankara and the stomachs that made themselves heard
Thomas Sankara’s vision to transform farming and health in Burkina Faso turned to dust with his assassination. Perry Blankson highlights the considerable achievements of Sankara’s brief span in power.
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Beating the bodysnatchers
When a rise in grave robbing called for strong measures, mortsafes became the unassailable solution. Allison C. Meier explores.
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Designing better mental health wards
Bringing colour and natural light to tired, grubby mental health wards has a measurably positive effect on patients. A few groundbreaking projects are showing the way.
Catalogue
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Malaria: a mosquito flying through a house owing to lack of preventive measures. Colour lithograph by Margo, attributed to Margo Cooke, 1943.
Cooke, Margo, active approximately 1943.Date: [1943?]Reference: 578188i- Books
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Whitehall, in order to provide more completely for the security of the country against any attempts which may be made on the part of the enemy, it may be expedient to adopt some, or all, of the following measures.
Great Britain.Date: 1794]- Books
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Reflections occasioned by the frequency of fires in the metropolis; with thoughts on measures for adding to public security, and remarks on the law of arson. Addressed to the Right Honourable Lord Kenyon, Lord Chief Justice of England. By Philanthropos.
Stonestreet, George Griffin.Date: M.DCC.XC. [1790]- Books
Museum security = La sécurité dans les musées / Robert G. Tillotson ; translated by Marthe de Moltke.
Tillotson, Robert G.Date: 1977- Books
Museum, archive, and library security / Lawrence J. Fennelly.
Fennelly, Lawrence J., 1940-Date: [1983], ©1983