Stories
- In pictures
Sex and syphilis
Before antibiotics, syphilis unleashed centuries of misery, countered by desperate but largely useless remedies. With the spread of syphilis on the rise, it’s worth remembering what our forebears suffered.
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Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians
Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.
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When you can’t return home
Migrants and refugees cannot choose to return home, so homesickness becomes a profound and long-lasting feeling. This powerful force infuses migrant cultures, and is rarely given the serious attention it warrants.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Data relating to North Africa
Date: c.1965-1976Reference: PP/AEM/E.37Part of: Mourant, Arthur Ernest (1904-1994)- Archives and manuscripts
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'North Africa'
Date: 1952Reference: WA/HMM/RP/Lac/5Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
Barth, Heinrich (1821-1865), German explorer of North and West Africa
Date: 1866-1890Reference: MS.7330/10-13Part of: Explorers and Travellers in Africa- Archives and manuscripts
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Middle East, North Africa: reports, etc
Date: 1942-1943Reference: RAMC/761/3/23-28Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Pictures
Portraits of women: North Africa.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 3306880iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.