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The hell of hay fever

After years suffering in silence, David Jesudason finds speaking out about his pollen allergy gives him hope for a future where his hay-fever symptoms are under control.

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Black pepper to fuel fiery fights and cure haemorrhoids

This common condiment was once very valuable and, until surprisingly recently, used as a versatile medicine.

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Jim, the horse of death

Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.

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Remote romance and the common cold

Getting creatively romantic due to a virus sounds all too contemporary, but our archives show what socially distanced seduction looked like seven decades ago.

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  • A police "Wanted" notice for a man sneezing without a handkerchief. Colour lithograph after Keith Monk.
  • A police "Wanted" notice for a man sneezing without a handkerchief. Colour lithograph after Keith Monk.
  • Three stages in a man's sneezing, represented by the three phases of traffic lights. Colour lithograph.
  • A woman coughing or sneezing without a handkerchief in a draper's shop. Lithograph after H.M. Bateman.
  • A man (Mr Smit) coughing and sneezing into people in a crowd. Colour lithograph after Hink, 194-.
  • A woman coughing or sneezing without a handkerchief in an office with three other office workers. Lithograph after H.M. Bateman.
  • Photograph of a man sneezing and lettering urging the use of the handkerchief to prevent the spread of coughs and colds. Colour lithograph.
  • A man in a canteen queue, coughing or sneezing over food to the disapproval of those around him. Lithograph after H.M. Bateman.
  • A man sneezing in a cinema, showing the use of handkerchiefs to prevent infectious diseases. Colour lithograph after H.M. Bateman, ca. 1951.
  • A man sneezing in a cinema, showing the use of handkerchiefs to prevent infectious diseases. Colour lithograph after H.M. Bateman, ca. 1951.
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