Stories
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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.
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姜、蒜、葱 Ginger, garlic and spring onions
Nina Mingya Powles felt adrift in the UK, living thousands of miles from home. But nurturing familiar tastes and smells in her tiny balcony garden helped her roots begin to grow.
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Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
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Theriac: An ancient brand?
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
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Chelsea Old Church viewed from the Surrey bank, with boats on the river. Engraving by Letitia Byrne, 1813, after J. P. Neale.
Neale, John Preston, 1771?-1847.Date: 1 March 1815Reference: 21123i- Books
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An apology for the Church of Christ and the Church of England; with a vindication of the doctrines of the late Hon. and Rev. W. Bromley Cadogan, A. M. Rector of St. Luke's, Chelsea; Vicar of St. Giles's, Reading; and Chaplain to the Right Hon. Lord Cadogan. Proving them to have been conformable to the Articles, Homilies, Liturgy, and most approved Theologists of our Ecclesiastical Establishment. Addressed, in a Series of Letters, to the Rev. Joseph Eyre, A. M. now Vicar of St. Giles's, Reading, and Ambroseden, Oxfordshire; and occasioned by a Sermon preached by him in the Parish Church of St. Mary, Reading, at the Visitation of the Right Reverend John Lord Bishop of Salisbury. By Thomas Willats, Esq. To which is added, An essay on enthusiasm, by a minister of the Church of England; An Address to a Clergyman; and The World's Estimate of Conversion.
Willats, Thomas Cadogan, -1826.Date: 1798- Pictures
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John Dee performing an experiment before Queen Elizabeth I. Oil painting by Henry Gillard Glindoni.
Glindoni, Henry Gillard, 1852-1913.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 47369i- Books
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Annual clinical debate / T.W. Parkinson in the chair.
Chelsea Clinical Society.Date: [1911]- Ephemera
A theatre for health : the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital's arts project.
Date: [1993?]