Stories
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History of condoms from animal to rubber
Come on a journey from the first recorded condoms in the 16th century to the modern female condoms in the 1990s – and everything in between.
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Yoga adapts to time and place
A yoga teacher in 1930s India inspired today’s transnational practice with his spectacular fusion of tradition and innovation.
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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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What is hysteria?
Hysteria has long been associated with fanciful myths, but its history reveals how it has been used to control women’s behaviour and bodies
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'Lecture 1. History and Epidemiology of Communicable Disease', 18 November. 14 page manuscript draft; manuscript notes
Date: 1968Reference: PP/GSW/D/20Part of: Wilson, Sir Graham Selby- Archives and manuscripts
'Correspondence with C A Hoare, FRS [Wellcome Museum of Medical Science] et al on (Babesia etc) - Babesia papers - Hume and Ruebush': Correspondence
Date: 1962-1979Reference: PP/PCG/D/23Part of: Garnham, Professor Percy Cyril Claude- Books
Proceedings of the 8th Congress of Curators of Museums of History of Medical Sciences : August 24-27, 1996, Göteborg, Sweden objects related to hygien [sic], communicable disease control and hospital care, organised by the Museum of History of Medicine of Göteborg / editor Inger Wikström-Haugen.
Date: 1996- Books
Plagues upon the earth : disease and the course of human history / Kyle Harper.
Harper, Kyle, 1979-Date: [2021]- Archives and manuscripts
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Date: 1942 - 2000Reference: WF/M/PB/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd