Stories
- Long read
Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
- Article
How your hairdresser could save your life
Barbers and hairdressers have a unique view of us – one that means they can spot potentially dangerous health problems. Find out how buzzcuts can lead to blood-pressure checks, and dip-dyes show the way to the dermatologist.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Publications by Madeleine Simms: Articles, various
Date: 1980-1983Reference: SA/ALR/G.64-77Part of: Abortion Law Reform Association- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Articles, reprints, etc., general
Date: 1970-1975Reference: SA/ALR/G.99-115Part of: Abortion Law Reform Association- Books
- Online
Some considerations humbly offer'd to the Honourable the House of Commons, by the tallow-chandlers in and about the cities of London and Westminster.
Company of Tallow-Chandlers (London, England)Date: 1695 - 1711]
- Books
- Online
Sanitary law : a digest of the sanitary acts of England and Scotland / by H. Aubrey Husband.
Date: 1883
- Books
- Online
A practical treatise of the law concerning lunatics, idiots and persons of unsound mind : with an appendix of the statutes of England, Ireland, and Scotland, relating to such persons; and forms of proceedings in lunacy / by Leonard Shelford.
Date: 1847