Stories
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Getting under the skin
Before the invention of X-ray in 1895 there was really only one way to accurately study the human body, and that was to cut it open.
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The desire for lighter skin
Discover why some Black people feel more attractive with lighter skin. Ngunan Adamu speaks to three women who explain how they got hooked on skin bleaching.
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Identifying skin lightening agents in cosmetics
Could your moisturiser be damaging your health? If it contains skin-lightening agents, the answer is yes. But this is an area where consumers definitely do not have the upper hand.
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The case for safe skin bleaching
Skin bleaching tends to attract a negative press for a whole host of reasons. But when used to treat medical problems, its positive side becomes clear.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
"The Fate of Skin Homografts in Man", T Gibson and PB Medawar, Journal of Anatomy, Jul 1943
Date: 1943Reference: PP/COL/C.2/2Part of: Colebrook, Leonard, FRS, FRCOG, FRCS (1883-1967), bacteriologist- Archives and manuscripts
Grab - Grüneberg
Date: 1954-1988Reference: PP/MLV/C/7/9Part of: Vogt, Dr Marthe Louise (1903-2003)- Archives and manuscripts
Skin cancer - research details
Health Education CouncilDate: 1989-1992Reference: SA/HEC/B/5/15Part of: Health Education Council and Health Education Authority- Archives and manuscripts
'Riboflavin deprived baboons. Pathology - skin, mouth, oesophagus. Mar-Nov 1969'
Date: March 1969-November 1969Reference: PP/FAK/A/1/1/3Part of: Foy, Henry (1900-1991), and Kondi, Athena (d.1994), Haematologists and nutrition researchers- Archives and manuscripts
Ward protocols; Ward [includes lantern slide of Ward skin grafts, 1958]; Twin chimeras – correspondence since 5th ed.'; Young, Kitson, Bowleys, Turner; Chimera (Cimma); Stickneys; Faber; Ulla Turner and Ploughmand (Sheffield); Gundolf; miscellaneous correspondence
Date: 1956-1991Reference: SA/BGU/F.20/2/1Part of: Medical Research Council Blood Group Unit (1935-1995)