Stories
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Black pepper to fuel fiery fights and cure haemorrhoids
This common condiment was once very valuable and, until surprisingly recently, used as a versatile medicine.
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Spanish flu and the depiction of disease
The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed many millions more than World War I did. Find out why contemporary artistic depictions of its devastating impact are so rare.
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We need less ‘sickle cell warriors’ and more allies
Rejecting the epithet “warrior”, Cheryl Telfer describes the pervasive effect sickle cell disease has on her life, and calls for more people to donate blood to help sicklers.
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Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination
The Black Death, AIDS and Ebola outbreaks are part of our collective cultural memory, but the Spanish flu outbreak has not been.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Ko: Heart Diseases - Black and Ethnic Minority Women
Date: 1993Reference: SA/WHL/14/29/3Part of: Women's Health Library: archive- Archives and manuscripts
Kuvi: PID - Black and Ethnic Minority Women
Date: 1998Reference: SA/WHL/14/36/14Part of: Women's Health Library: archive- Books
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Diseases of North Victoria (Cape Colony) / by W.T. Black.
Black, William Thomas, 1824-1909.Date: [1853]- Pictures
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Two black women hold a washing line to which condoms are pegged; advertising safe sex and AIDS prevention. Lithograph.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 666485i- Books
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Cases of diabetes, illustrating the effects of certain modes of treatment on some of the symptoms of the disease / by Edward Latham Ormerod.
Ormerod, Edward Latham, 1819-1873.Date: [1847]