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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.
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Diagnosing the past
Historical texts rarely supply enough detail for a definitive diagnosis, so medical historians need to proceed with caution.
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How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory
A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.
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The tradesman who confronted the pestilence
The City of London, 1665. As the Great Plague hits the capital, John New faces a deadly dilemma.
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Mutant magnetotactic bacterium, Magnetospirillum magneticum
Andy Tay- Books
Further studies on Bacterium abortus and related bacteria. II, A comparison of Bacterium abortus with Bacterium bronchisepticus and with the organism which causes Malta fever / Alice C. Evans.
Evans, Alice Catherine, 1881-1975.Date: [date of publication not identified]- Archives and manuscripts
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Microscope image referenced as "Bacterium in division"
Martin, A. V.Date: June 1951Reference: KDBP/1/1/0340Part of: King's College London Department of Biophysics- Archives and manuscripts
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Microscope image referenced as "Bacterium and flagellum"
Martin, A. V.Date: July 1951Reference: KDBP/1/1/0416Part of: King's College London Department of Biophysics- Archives and manuscripts
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Microscope image referenced as "Bacterium CEF 10a"
Martin, A. V.Date: July 1951Reference: KDBP/1/1/0409Part of: King's College London Department of Biophysics