Stories
- In pictures
We are the survivors of slow-motion epidemics
Pioneering epidemiologist Dr Alice Stewart realised how things in our daily lives could be as deadly as any infectious disease.
- Article
Love, longing and tea from the polski sklep
For people of Polish origin in the UK, herbal tea is closely tied to health and shared history. Kasia Tomasiewicz explores her changing relationship to these tea-related cultural habits.
- Article
The secret sting of cystitis
Agnes Arnold-Forster recounts her experiences of cystitis, explaining how this illness intersects with sexism, shame, and stigma from medical professionals.
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Social Medicine
Date: 1964-1979Reference: GC/178/F/3Part of: Chave, Sidney- Archives and manuscripts
Social Medicine: Martin Vessey
Date: 1976-1978Reference: PP/DOL/A/1/38Part of: Doll, Sir Richard (1912-2005)- Archives and manuscripts
Social Medicine: Milton Keynes
Date: 1968-1974Reference: PP/DOL/A/1/37Part of: Doll, Sir Richard (1912-2005)- Archives and manuscripts
Social Medicine
Date: 1941-1943Reference: GC/186/4Part of: Vaughan, Dame Janet- Archives and manuscripts
'Social Medicine'
Date: 1951-1957Reference: PP/ELK/1/9Part of: Kennaway, Sir Ernest