Stories
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Bringing Braille back to the modern world
For anyone who thinks Braille is so last century, read on. New tech is helping dust Braille down and bring it to today’s visually impaired people.
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Guide dogs or good dogs from the Middle Ages
Medieval illustrations often show blind people, sometimes with dogs. But working out whether these were actually guide dogs involves a mix of detailed detective work and expert speculation.
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Equality in genetics
Genetic counsellor Sasha Henriques harnessed her energy and resolve to tackle the racial biases she saw in her profession – with positive and promising results.
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The tower in fiction, film and life
The high-rise estates born of postwar idealism soon became symbols of crime and squalor. But after one terrible tragedy, public bodies are being forced to rethink our towers.
Catalogue
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Psychiatric disorders in old age : a handbook for the clinical team / by J.A. Whitehead.
Whitehead, Tony, 1926-Date: [1974]- Books
Brain function in old age : evaluation of changes and disorders / edited by F. Hoffmeister, Müller, in collaboration with H. P. Krause.
Bayer-Symposium 1978 : Grosse Ledder, Germany)Date: 1979- Books
An essay on the disorders of old age, and on the means for prolonging human life / By Anthony Carlisle.
Carlisle, Anthony, Sir, 1768-1840.Date: 1819- Books
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An essay on the disorders of old age, and on the means for prolonging human life / by Anthony Carlisle.
Carlisle, Anthony, Sir, 1768-1840.Date: 1818- Books
A private treatise addressed to youth, manhood and old age, on diseases of the nervous and sexual system showing these formidable disorders to be curable in all their stages / issued by the Von Graef Medical Co.
Von Graef Medical Co.