Stories
- Article
The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
- Article
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.
- Article
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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Why pandemic denial is nothing new
Could today’s Covid-deniers be taking lessons from history? After all, it’s nearly 200 years since frustrations at a cholera-induced lockdown erupted in Sunderland.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
British Infection Society and predecessor bodies
British Infection SocietyDate: 1959-2000sReference: SA/BIS- Archives and manuscripts
Joint meeting of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, the British Society for the Study of Infection and the Hospital Infection Society
Date: 1982Reference: SA/HIS/B/2/7Part of: Hospital Infection Society- Archives and manuscripts
‘Endoscopy - Disinfectants & Health' (held jointly with the British Society of Gastroenterologists, the British Association of Urological Surgeons and the Surgical Infection Study Group)
Date: 1993Reference: SA/HIS/B/2/28Part of: Hospital Infection Society- Archives and manuscripts
‘Infection 1990' (held jointly with the Association of Medical Microbiologists and the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy), provisional programme
Date: 1990Reference: SA/HIS/B/2/24Part of: Hospital Infection Society- Archives and manuscripts
‘Infection Control in Burns' (held jointly with the British Burns Association)
Date: 1985Reference: SA/HIS/B/2/13Part of: Hospital Infection Society