Stories
- Article
Fake news and the flu
Discover how history shows that fake news could play a deadly role – by generating potentially lethal misinformation during a future pandemic.
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Duelling doctors
An enduring enthusiasm for 18th-century gentlemen to defend their ‘honour’ by duelling placed doctors in a delicate position. Specially when they faced being shot themselves.
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Can our minds be taken hostage?
It’s not unusual for captives to end up feeling strong bonds with their captors. But is it a matter of submission or survival?
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The cook who became a pariah
New York, 1907. Mary Mallon spreads infection, unaware that her name will one day become synonymous with typhoid.
Catalogue
- Books
Bacteriology / Zinsser.
Zinsser, Hans, 1878-1940.Date: [1957], ©1957- Archives and manuscripts
Bacteriology Notebook
Date: Jan 1926Reference: PENROSE/2/2/4/4Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Bacteriology lectures
Date: 1951Reference: GC/157/B/8-12Part of: Nelson, Alastair Morrison (1924-1993)- Archives and manuscripts
Bacteriology: abstracts
Date: c.1940s-1960sReference: GC/94/26Part of: Sekulich, Milosh- Archives and manuscripts
Bacteriology
Date: c1957-c1979Reference: WF/M/I/BP/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd