Stories
- Article
The tradesman who confronted the pestilence
The City of London, 1665. As the Great Plague hits the capital, John New faces a deadly dilemma.
- Article
Birth, babies and boxes of memories
With memories of her baby in neonatal intensive care still fresh, Erin Beeston decides to unearth the poignant objects her family kept following births, going back as far as Victorian times.
- Article
To stop or stay on lithium
In the final part of her investigation into lithium, Laura Grace Simpkins faces a dilemma – should she put her own mental health or other people and the planet first?
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Graphic battles in pharmacy
James Morison’s campaign against the medical establishment inspired a wave of caricatures mocking his quack medicine.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Book of Forms: 'Medical Certificates of the Cause of Death'
Date: 1840sReference: RET/6/16/1Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Death certificate of Rebecca Pappworth (Pappworth's sister)
Date: 1975Reference: PP/MHP/A.1/3Part of: Pappworth, Maurice- Archives and manuscripts
Death certificate of Marion David Papperovitch (Pappworth's mother)
Date: 1935Reference: PP/MHP/A.1/2Part of: Pappworth, Maurice- Archives and manuscripts
Death certificates Diseases of Liver Children 0-15 K60: H-L
Date: 1937-1938Reference: PP/JRH/C/27Part of: Hutchinson, James Randal (c. 1880-1955) and Bradley, William Henry (1898-1975)- Archives and manuscripts
Death certificates Diseases of Liver Children 0-15 K60: A-G
Date: 1937-1938Reference: PP/JRH/C/26Part of: Hutchinson, James Randal (c. 1880-1955) and Bradley, William Henry (1898-1975)