Stories
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The yogi as hermit, warrior, criminal and showman
How the modern world changed the life and reputation of the yogi.
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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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Political brilliance and the power of self-promotion
How do you convince people you’re exceptional? Meet the ultimate self-styled genius.
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Making sunstroke insanity
Medical historian Dr Kristin Hussey takes a closer look at sunstroke and mental illness, and how, in the late 19th century, they connected at the crossroads of colonial science and the idea of whiteness.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
John Farrell of Stranraer: letter to King’s Arms Hotel
Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: MS.7566/2Part of: Veterinary Miscellanea- Archives and manuscripts
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Copies of plans, caricatures of staff (1918), photographs of sketches scratched on the windows of the psychiatric ward in the 19th cent., reports of activities at the Army Medical School 1906, and bye-laws, 1953, re Netley military land
Date: Mid 19th Century - mid 20th centuryReference: RAMC/801/7/3Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Archives and manuscripts
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Wilkins and Morris families and Nova Scotia loyalists - notes and extracts from Public Record Office, British Museum, etc.: also letters from Euphemia Smith to Lady Longmore, 1907
Date: late 19th - early 20th CenturyReference: RAMC/1139/L/3/1-22Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Perrott, Dr. - (fl.1826), Army surgeon based at Madras
Perrott, Dr. - (fl.1826), Army surgeon based at MadrasDate: 1826Reference: MS.7400/90Part of: Miscellany: English, 19th-20th centuries- Archives and manuscripts
The Mytchett Collection, material collected at the RAMC Museum 1951-1971
Date: Early 19th century - late 20th centuryReference: RAMC/801Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection