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Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances

In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.

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Digitising Audrey

Building digital images of what Audrey created means that her work can be frozen in time – for the digital version, at least, the process of decay is halted, and any number of people can view it without the risk of damaging it.

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A doctor, his community and coronavirus

Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.

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Restoring disorder to ‘The Book of Disquiet’

Printer Tim Hopkins explains what making an extraordinary new edition of Fernando Pessoa’s book revealed about both the text and the mind.

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  • Stamp commemorating Ignaz Phillip Semmelweiss.
  • Oculist's Stamp, Roman, 2nd or 3rd century A.D.
  • Companion Care [postage cancellation stamp].
  • Roman oculist's stamp with caduceus-shaped (?) scratches.
  • Stamp showing C.L.A. Laveran, issued by Algeria in 1954. From the collection of S.H. Watkins.
  • [Stamp-like sticker sold to raise funds for the French Red Cross. Bearing a portrait of: Gal. Gallieni].
  • [Stamp-like sticker sold to raise funds for the French Red Cross. Bearing a portrait of: Gal. Poincaré].
  • [Stamp-like sticker sold to raise funds for the French Red Cross. Bearing a portrait of: Gal. Petain].
  • [Stamp-like sticker sold to raise funds for the French Red Cross. Bearing a portrait of: Gal. Foch].
  • [Stamp-like sticker sold to raise funds for the French Red Cross. Bearing a portrait of: Gl. Dubois].
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