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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.

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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.

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The island of unclaimed bodies

In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.

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Two health centres, two ideologies

Two futuristic, light-filled buildings aimed to bring forward-looking healthcare to city dwellers. But the principles behind each were very different.

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  • A girl with tuberculosis appealing for funds for a sanatorium for tuberculous children in Zürich. Colour lithograph after H.C. Ulrich, 1905.
  • In the battle against tuberculosis, a portrait of Calmette, as the saviour of children through his BCG vaccine, invites the purchase of fund-raising stamps. Colour lithograph after H. Cheffer, 1934.
  • In the battle against tuberculosis, a portrait of Calmette, as the saviour of children through his BCG vaccine, invites the purchase of fund-raising stamps. Colour lithograph after H. Cheffer, 1934.
  • Djibouti: a man in bed coughs, spreading tuberculosis to his wife and children. Colour lithograph by Salam Mohamed Saleh for Ministère de l'éducation nationale et de l'enseignement supérieur , ca. 2000.
  • A mother appeals to a tuberculosis nurse to save her baby son from tuberculosis. Colour lithograph by N. Rettroni [? name indistinct], 1932.
  • Tuberculosis treatment in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 2008.
  • A mother looks forlornly at her sick child held by his father: preventing malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, ca. 2008.
  • Nepal, Sherpa children of the Khumbu, 1986
  • Pascall's Golden Maltex ... : a delicious article of confectionery, guaranteed to contain 25 per cent of Allen & Hanburys' Pure Extract of Malt, "patent no. 1506," ... / James Pascall.
  • Pascall's Golden Maltex ... : a delicious article of confectionery, guaranteed to contain 25 per cent of Allen & Hanburys' Pure Extract of Malt, "patent no. 1506," ... / James Pascall.
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