Stories
- Article
Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances
In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.
- Article
To write in golden photographs
When Rachel Genn’s brother disappeared, a newspaper article led the family to his bedside. But the accident he’d barely survived was not to be the last tragedy in his life.
- Article
The tradesman who confronted the pestilence
The City of London, 1665. As the Great Plague hits the capital, John New faces a deadly dilemma.
- Interview
Inside the minds of Teeth’s two curators, James Peto and Emily Scott-Dearing
James Peto and Emily Scott-Dearing talk visceral reactions, their interactions and object extractions.
Catalogue
- Books
Portraits in Australian health / John Best.
Best, John, 1939-Date: 1988- Ephemera
John Best at ye Mace ye corner of Lumbard Street bext ye Stocks Market maketh razors, sissers, launcets, penknives : and all sorts of chirurgeons instruments : also by him are sold fine hoanes.
Best, John.Date: [between 1700 and 1799?]- Books
From the seen to the unseen / by John H. Best.
Best, John Henry, 1856-Date: 1929- Books
Dr. John Arbuthnot : (to the editor of The London Mercury) / Maud Storr Best.
Best, Maud Storr.Date: [1934?]- Books
Historical medical classics involving new drugs / John C. Krantz, Jr ; foreword by Charles H. Best.
Krantz, John C. (John Christian), 1899-1983.Date: [1974]