Stories
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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians
Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.
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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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The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols
What have snakes, unicorns and crocodiles got to do with pharmacies? The history of these modern signs goes back to the Greek gods.
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Born in the NHS
Despite underfunding, strikes and scandals, the first two decades of the 2000s has seen the British people’s love of and loyalty to the NHS soar.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
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Pamphlet: An Address to the Inhabitants of Europe on the Iniquity of the Slave Trade, issued by the Religious Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, in Great Britain and Ireland (1822)
Date: 1822Reference: RET/8/9/3Part of: The Retreat Archive- Books
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Serious considerations on the several high duties which the nation in general, (as well as it's trade in particular) labours under: with a proposal for preventing the running of goods, discharging the trader from any search, and raising all the publick supplies, by one single tax. By a well-wisher to the good people of Great-Britain.
Decker, Matthew, Sir, 1679-1749.Date: MDCCXLVIII. [1748]- Books
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The new gazetteer; or, modern geographical index. Containing a concise description of the - empires, Kingdoms, -Cities, Towns,-Seas, Rivers, &c. &c. &c. in the known world; The government, manners, and religion, of the inhabitants; with The extent, Boundaries, produce, revenue, trade, manufactures, &c. of the different Countries. Including a full account of the counties, cities, Towns, Villages, &c. of England and Scotland. Illustrated with six elegant maps.
Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Books
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Considerations upon the fatal consequences of abolishing the slave trade, in the present situation of Great Britain.
Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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Considerations upon the fatal consequences of abolishing the slave trade, in the present situation of Great Britain.
Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]