Stories
- Article
How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory
A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.
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Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles
Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.
- Book extract
Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence about the US film Cholera Today: Bedside Evaluation and Treatment
Date: Apr - Sep 1968Reference: PP/VAN/B/1/2Part of: Van Heyningen, William Edward (1911-1989)- Books
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On cholera : its pathology and treatment / by William Braithwaite.
Date: 1866- Books
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On the treatment of cholera epidemics in India / by John Murray.
Murray, John, 1809-1898.Date: 1884- Books
Cholera : theory and treatment in nineteenth century India / by Ira Klein.
Klein, Ira (Ira Norman), 1931-Date: 1980- Books
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The vagus treatment of cholera : as exemplified in returns from the cholera hospitals of Malta, during the epidemic of 1887 / by Alexander Harkin.
Harkin, Alexander.Date: 1890