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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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Rediscovering Margaret Louden, a forgotten NHS hero

Bored during lockdown, David Jesudason started bin diving at night. Then a chance discovery set him on a new path: to tell the story of a forgotten female surgeon.

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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists

Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.

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Equality in genetics

Genetic counsellor Sasha Henriques harnessed her energy and resolve to tackle the racial biases she saw in her profession – with positive and promising results.

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  • Children at play in the East London Hospital for Children. Wood engraving by J. Swain after G.W. Ridley, 1872.
  • Queen Alexandra's Hospital for Children with Hip Disease, Queen Square, Holborn: the interior of a ward, with a teacher giving a gymnastics lesson. Photogravure after A. Forestier, 1908.
  • H.R.H. The Princess Louise, with many patients, nurses and doctors in a ward of the Victoria Hospital for Sick Children, Chelsea. Wood engraving by T. W. Lascelles, 1876.
  • The entrance hall and staircase to 49 Great Ormond Street. Pencil drawing by J. P. Emslie, c.1882.
  • The entrance hall and staircase to 49 Great Ormond Street. Pencil drawing by J. P. Emslie, c.1882.
  • East London Hospital for Children, Shadwell: a party in one of the wards on New Year's Eve. Wood engraving, 1870.
  • Pensioners of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, and others, celebrating the destruction of the Russian navy. Coloured lithograph, 1855.
  • Greenwich, with people in the foreground, London in the distance. Photo-lithograph by Dawsons after H. Dawson.
  • Lighthouse bike ride : London to Marlow or Oxford : Sunday 11 June 1995 : cycle for HIV/AIDS charities London Lighthouse, The Landmark & Gt Ormond St Children's Hospital Family Unit.
  • Lighthouse bike ride : London to Marlow or Oxford : Sunday 11 June 1995 : cycle for HIV/AIDS charities London Lighthouse, The Landmark & Gt Ormond St Children's Hospital Family Unit.
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