Stories
- In pictures
The evolution of war-zone medicine
The need to deal with battlefield injuries has led to inventive designs for extreme situations. Find out how camel-drawn ambulances and flat-pack hospitals have helped casualties survive.
- Article
Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
- Book extract
A doctor, his community and coronavirus
Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.
- Article
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.
Catalogue
- Books
Ambulances / Chris Batten.
Batten, Chris.Date: 1996- Ephemera
Ambulances ephemera. Box 1.
- Books
- Online
Ambulances Parisiennes / Société Générale des Infirmiers et Infirmières de Paris.
Société générale des infirmiers et infirmières de Paris.Date: [Between 1894 and 1899?]- Books
Ambulances in beeld (1945-1975) : van ziekenwagen tot ambulance / K.J.J. Waldeck.
Waldeck, K. J. J.Date: 1998- Books
Ambulances and first aid : St. John in Christchurch, 1885-1987 a history of the St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade in Christchurch, New Zealand / Geoffrey W. Rice.
Rice, Geoffrey.Date: 1994