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Sockets and stumps

Historian Emily Mayhew has met soldiers who have survived the seemingly unsurvivable. Here, she explores the part prosthetics play in the process of military rehabilitation.

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Dealing with the dead after a nuclear attack

Cold War-era predictions of death on a vast scale became routine. But the British authorities were less prepared to dispose of the bodies.

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The birth of Britain's National Health Service

Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.

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Designing death in the virtual city

Danger and death are fun when they’re virtual – and when they incorporate realistic elements. Now the tables are turned, as urban planners learn from game environments.

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  • World War One: soldiers escorting wounded men from a war damaged building. Photogravure, 1916, after F. Matania.
  • After the raid / issued by the Ministry of Home Security.
  • After the raid / issued by the Ministry of Home Security.
  • How to get help after air raid damage.
  • How to get help after air raid damage.
  • Russo-Japanese War: Japanese soldiers entering a bombed fort to find dead and wounded men. Halftone, c. 1905, after C. M. Sheldon, from photographs.
  • Second Matabele War, Zimbabwe: in the aftermath of an explosion in Bulawayo, the injured are cared for in the street. Halftone by Hentschel after C.J. Staniland after C. E. Fripp, 1896.
  • Boer War: nuns and a policeman taking down the Red Cross flag from the bomb damaged convent at Mafeking, South Africa. Halftone, c.1900, after S. Robinson.
  • A gloomy battlefield scene with the wounded being tended to and carried away. Lithograph, c.1870.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
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