Stories
- Article
Intelligence testing, race and eugenics
Specious ideas and assumptions about intelligence that were born during the great flourishing of eugenics well over 100 years ago still inform the British education system today, as Nazlin Bhimani reveals.
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The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist
Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.
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The stranger who started an epidemic
New Orleans, 1853. James McGuigan arrives in the port city and succumbs to yellow fever.
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Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
British and Irish Orthoptic Society Council Minutes
British and Irish Orthoptic SocietyDate: 1934-2006Reference: SA/OPS/A/2Part of: British and Irish Orthoptic Society- Archives and manuscripts
British and Irish Orthoptic Society: Correspondence
British and Irish Orthoptic SocietyDate: 1967-1982Reference: SA/OPS/A/5/7Part of: British and Irish Orthoptic Society- Archives and manuscripts
British and Irish Orthoptic Society Annual General Meeting
British and Irish Orthoptic SocietyDate: 1935-2007Reference: SA/OPS/A/1Part of: British and Irish Orthoptic Society- Archives and manuscripts
British and Irish Orthoptic Society, Scottish, Southern and Irish Meetings
British and Irish Orthoptic SocietyDate: 1987-1997Reference: SA/OPS/A/3/7Part of: British and Irish Orthoptic Society- Archives and manuscripts
British and Irish Orthoptic Society, Northern Meetings Minutes
British and Irish Orthoptic SocietyDate: 1943-1976Reference: SA/OPS/A/3/6Part of: British and Irish Orthoptic Society