Stories
- Article
Surviving a flesh-eating disease
Nearly dying from a skin infection gave Scott Neill a chance to start again after an early life marked by grief and depression.
- Article
Spanish flu and the depiction of disease
The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed many millions more than World War I did. Find out why contemporary artistic depictions of its devastating impact are so rare.
- Article
Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances
In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.
- In pictures
Sex and syphilis
Before antibiotics, syphilis unleashed centuries of misery, countered by desperate but largely useless remedies. With the spread of syphilis on the rise, it’s worth remembering what our forebears suffered.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
VENEREAL DISEASES
Date: 1916-1947Reference: PP/JRH/A/338-342Part of: Hutchinson, James Randal (c. 1880-1955) and Bradley, William Henry (1898-1975)- Books
Diseases in the Bible and the Talmud / Max Sussman.
Sussman, MaxDate: 1967- Books
Diseases of breeding ewes / by Allan Leslie.
Leslie, Allan.Date: 1938- Videos
Diseases.
Date: Date unknown- Books
HISTORICAL DISEASES FROM A MODERN PERSPECTIVES: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.
SHAW, JAMES ADate: 2024
