Stories
- In pictures
Superstition, contagion and medical rumour
The great generator of confusion, rumours have not spared human health from their chaos. Find out how whispers, gossip and rumours have caused medical mishaps through the ages.
- Article
The cook who became a pariah
New York, 1907. Mary Mallon spreads infection, unaware that her name will one day become synonymous with typhoid.
- Article
The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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Audrey and her family
In working on Audrey Amiss’s archive, Elena is getting closer to understanding her. But the way her niece and nephew remember Audrey adds essential detail to the picture.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Norman Carrier lecture notes
Date: 1953-c.1970Reference: SA/PIC/G/4Part of: Population Investigation Committee- Books
Dissertatio medica de nephritide calculosa / [Jean Marie Carrier].
Carrier, Jean Marie.Date: 1784- Archives and manuscripts
Suzette Gauvain, 'Occupational Medicine as a Carrier'
Date: Jul 1966Reference: SA/MWF/B.4/2/24Part of: Medical Women's Federation- Books
Pharmacology of the peripheral autonomic nervous system / Oliver Carrier, Jr.
Carrier, Oliver.Date: [1972]- Books
Health and the National Health Service / John Carrier and Ian Kendall.
Carrier, John.Date: 1998