Stories
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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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Milk trails round Euston
Where cows once grazed near Wellcome Collection in London, baristas now froth their milk. Esther Leslie uncovers Euston’s dairy-based urban history.
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Natural eating in Jamaica and the Caribbean
Riaz Phillips is passionate about the Jamaican food he grew up with and plant-based Caribbean food he came to later, like roti, baiganee and vegan stews and curries. Here he explores the origins and surging popularity of these natural ‘health foods’.
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Winter blues and the story of SAD
In ‘Chasing the Sun‘ Linda Geddes reveals why for some people, winter is literally depressing, showing how we first came to recognise seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
Catalogue
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The Planned Parenthood Association of Southern Africa.
Planned Parenthood Association of Southern Africa.Date: [1992?]- Archives and manuscripts
Southern Africa
Date: 1952-1964Reference: SA/CRC/G.8-9Part of: Cancer Research Campaign, formerly British Empire Cancer Campaign- Books
The Stegomyia mosquitoes of South Africa and some neighbouring territories : including chapters on the mosquito-borne virus diseases of the Ethiopian zoo-geographical region of Africa / by J. Muspratt.
Muspratt, J.Date: 1956- Archives and manuscripts
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Action for Southern Africa News
Date: 2003Reference: SB/4/1/2Part of: Sydney Brenner Collection- Digital Images
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Head mask. Yuruba, Southern Nigeria, W.Africa