Stories
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The quest to breed gifted children
If you had the chance, would you choose a genius baby?
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Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
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Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
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On the rate of mortality at early periods of life, the age at marriage, the number of children to a marriage, the length of a generation and other statistics of families in the upper and professional classes / by Charles Ansell, Jun.
Ansell, Charles, 1794-1881.Date: 1874- Digital Images
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Slipping the twitch onto the upper lip of a horse.
Royal Veterinary College- Digital Images
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Slipping the twitch onto the upper lip of a horse.
Royal Veterinary College- Digital Images
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Full-length portrait of a Blue Roan; a mare in
Royal Veterinary College- Digital Images
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Intravenous injection in the neck of a horse
Royal Veterinary College