Stories
- Article
A history of twins in science
For thousands of years, twins have been a source of fascination in mythology, religion and the arts. Since the 19th century, they have also been the subject of scientific study and experimentation.
- Article
Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
- Book extract
Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
- Article
NHS strikes and the decade of discontent
When the social unrest of the 1970s spread to the NHS, dissatisfied staff challenged the status quo for the first time in quarter of a century.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Ms notes similar to B.32, but on reports from American laboratories sent to the Committee for Penicillin Synthesis of the Medical Research Council under their agreement with the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development.
Date: 1944-1945Reference: PP/EBC/B.33Part of: Chain, Professor Sir Ernst Boris- Books
Environmental change in the West African Sahel / Advisory Committee on the Sahel, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, Office of International Affairs, National Research Council, United States of America.
Date: 1984- Books
A bibliography of aviation medicine / by Ebbe Curtis Hoff and John Farquhar Fulton ; prepared for the Committee on Aviation Medicine, Division of Medical Sciences, National Research Council, acting for the Committee on Medical Research, Office of Scientific Research and Development, Washington, D.C.
Hoff, Ebbe Curtis, 1906-1985.Date: 1942- Archives and manuscripts
National Survey of the Health and Development of Children (NSHD)
Date: 1946-1998Reference: SA/PIC/F/7Part of: Population Investigation Committee- Books
A bibliography of aviation medicine. Supplement / by Phebe Margaret Hoff, Ebbe Curtis Hoff and John Farquhar Fulton.
Hoff, Phebe Margaret, 1909-Date: 1944