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Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination

The Black Death, AIDS and Ebola outbreaks are part of our collective cultural memory, but the Spanish flu outbreak has not been.

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Drugs in Victorian Britain

Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?

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  • Conference : recent developments in prevention and therapy through Maharishi ayur-veda towards a disease-free society : new approaches to the prevention and treatment of heart disease, chronic disorders, cancer, AIDS : Royal College of Physicians, London, Monday 17 October 1988 / World Medical Association for Perfect Health - Great Britain.
  • Conference : recent developments in prevention and therapy through Maharishi ayur-veda towards a disease-free society : new approaches to the prevention and treatment of heart disease, chronic disorders, cancer, AIDS : Royal College of Physicians, London, Monday 17 October 1988 / World Medical Association for Perfect Health - Great Britain.
  • Conference : recent developments in prevention and therapy through Maharishi ayur-veda towards a disease-free society : new approaches to the prevention and treatment of heart disease, chronic disorders, cancer, AIDS : Royal College of Physicians, London, Monday 17 October 1988 / World Medical Association for Perfect Health - Great Britain.
  • Conference : recent developments in prevention and therapy through Maharishi ayur-veda towards a disease-free society : new approaches to the prevention and treatment of heart disease, chronic disorders, cancer, AIDS : Royal College of Physicians, London, Monday 17 October 1988 / World Medical Association for Perfect Health - Great Britain.
  • Conference : recent developments in prevention and therapy through Maharishi ayur-veda towards a disease-free society : new approaches to the prevention and treatment of heart disease, chronic disorders, cancer, AIDS : Royal College of Physicians, London, Monday 17 October 1988 / World Medical Association for Perfect Health - Great Britain.
  • Collage of art works bearing dedications to people who have died from AIDS around which crowds of people form a square with red ribbons at the corners; "Remembrance", a 3-dimensional collage commemorating The Names Project/AIDS quilt by Lawrence M. Romorini to benefit people living with AIDS; advertisement for AIDS Awareness week at Greenwich Town Hall on December 7th to 21st, 1993. Colour lithograph by Shirely Jones for One of A Kind, 1992.
  • Collage of art works bearing dedications to people who have died from AIDS; advertisement for The Names Project Foundation and the National AIDS Memorial. Colour lithograph.
  • The word 'Names' spelt out with numerous names; advertisement for the Aids Memorial Quilt, part of The Names Project in memory of AIDS victims. Colour lithograph.
  • A denim jacket with a badge bearing the letters 'silence=death'; warning about the need to be open about AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • The feet of a corpse with a morgue-label 'AIDS' around the right toe; warning about the risk of dying from AIDS after not using condoms. Colour lithograph by Renee Martin, ca. 1996.
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