Stories
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NHS Blue: the colour of universal healthcare
The 1980s and 1990s saw ideas from the world of business infiltrating the NHS, including the introduction of an internal market, followed by a corporate branding exercise.
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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.
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The pill, autism and me
Realising that her contraceptive was having a negative effect on her mental health, Catriona Reid saw her concerns dismissed by doctors. As an autistic woman on the pill, she was not an anomaly, but has often been made to feel like one.
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Coronavirus, Crohn’s and me
Clinically vulnerable to COVID-19, Lucia Osborne-Crowley has been shut in her flat for months. With her chronic condition transformed into a life-threatening one, she explores what the pandemic is revealing about living with long-term illness.
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Observations on the preparatory education of candidates for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in the Scottish universities; humbly submitted to the consideration of His Majesty's Commissioners for visiting the universities and colleges of Scotland / [by John Thomson].
Thomson, John, 1765-1846.Date: 1826- Books
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General report of the Commissioners under the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1858 : with an appendix containing ordinances, minutes, reports on special subjects, and other documents / Scottish Universities Commission.
Date: 1863- Archives and manuscripts
Careers information
Date: 1973 - 1983Reference: SA/BIO/C/7/1Part of: The Biochemical Society- Pictures
A message against AIDS: "A solution to HIV and AIDS is in your hands" written on a lavatory wall. Colour lithograph by The Bridge, 1997.
Date: [1997]Reference: 587635i- Books
The Scottish Enlightenment and the American college ideal / [Douglas Sloan].
Sloan, Douglas.Date: [1971]