Stories
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Families fighting for justice
In 1962 a group of parents whose children had been affected by thalidomide began a decades-long battle in the law courts, the media and Parliament in order to win fair justice for all thalidomide survivors.
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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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Graphic battles in pharmacy
James Morison’s campaign against the medical establishment inspired a wave of caricatures mocking his quack medicine.
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Thalidomide, a bitter pill
Hear from some of the women who took the drug thalidomide over sixty years ago about the fear, isolation and grief that they experienced as the appalling pharmaceutical scandal unfolded around them.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Date: 1955-1975Reference: PP/EBC/E.147Part of: Chain, Professor Sir Ernst Boris- Archives and manuscripts
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Date: 1964-1971Reference: PP/EBC/E.10Part of: Chain, Professor Sir Ernst Boris- Archives and manuscripts
Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry
Date: 1980-1986Reference: SA/PAT/C/2Part of: The Patients Association- Archives and manuscripts
Medicines - advertising to the public and marketing
Date: 1977-1985Reference: SA/PAT/C/38Part of: The Patients Association- Archives and manuscripts
Ministry of Health
Date: 1961-1968Reference: PP/EBC/E.119Part of: Chain, Professor Sir Ernst Boris