Stories
- Article
A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
- Article
Female masturbation and the perils of pleasure
Dr Kate Lister exposes the brutal 19th-century ‘cures’ for women who indulged in masturbation.
- Book extract
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).
- Article
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.
Catalogue
- Journals
The East African medical journal : the organ of the Medical Association of East Africa.
- Pictures
East London, South Africa: members of the British Association being carried over water in a hanging basket to land at East London. Photograph by E.T. Bottomley, 1905.
British Association for the Advancement of Science.Date: 1905Reference: 534498iPart of: British Association for the Advancement of Science
- Pictures
- Online
Notice for conference promoting neurosurgical care in Africa: Colour lithograph by East African Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2011.
Date: 2011Reference: 755534i- Pictures
East London, South Africa: a boat on Buffalo River. Photograph by Prof. Perry, 1905.
British Association for the Advancement of Science.Date: 1905Reference: 534499iPart of: British Association for the Advancement of Science- Archives and manuscripts
LEPRA in East Africa
Date: May 1952Reference: WTI/SGB/G.4/4Part of: Browne, Stanley George, CMG, OBE, MD, FRCS, FRCP, DTM (1907-1986)