Stories
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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians
Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.
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A symbol of a lost homeland
The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.
Catalogue
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The medical topography of the west coast of Africa : with sketches of its botany / by James Africanus B. Horton.
Horton, James Africanus Beale, 1835-1883.Date: 1859- Books
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Niger flora, or, An enumeration of the plants of western tropical Africa : collected by the late Dr. Theodore Vogel ... including Spicilegia Gorgonea, by P.B. Webb, Esq., and Flora Nigritiana, by Dr. J.D. Hooker ... and George Bentham, Esq. with a sketch of the life of Dr. Vogel / edited by W.J. Hooker.
Date: 1849- Archives and manuscripts
English Language Autograph Letters: GRA
Date: 1790-1932Reference: MS.9145