Stories
- Article
How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory
A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.
- Article
When monarchs healed the sick
Our current Queen fortunately doesn’t have to spend hours laying hands on the sick to cure them. But it was a different story for monarchs of the early modern era, whose touch was a sought-after treatment for scrofula.
- Long read
The ambivalence of air
Daisy Lafarge investigates the effects of air quality and pressure on body and mind, exploring air as cure, but one with contradictions.
- Article
The hidden history of homesickness
Gail Tolley delves into the history of homesickness and discovers that its rich past holds a clue to how we view the experience today.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Tuberculosis Association annual conference
Date: June 1948Reference: SA/BRT/B/4/1Part of: British Thoracic Society and predecessors- Archives and manuscripts
Tuberculosis Association [later known as British Tuberculosis Association / British Thoracic and Tuberculosis Association / British Thoracic Association]
Date: 1928-1982Reference: SA/BRT/BPart of: British Thoracic Society and predecessors- Books
Tuberculosis medical reseach : National Tuberculosis Association, 1904-1955 / Virginia Cameron and Esmond R. Long.
Cameron, Virginia.Date: 1959- Journals
Bulletin of the Canadian Tuberculosis Association.
- Archives and manuscripts
Tuberculosis Society of Scotland / British Tuberculosis Association annual conference
Date: June-July 1961Reference: SA/BRT/B/4/11Part of: British Thoracic Society and predecessors