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
- Books
Disease and mental disease / Antony Flew.
Flew, Antony.
- Books
- Online
Disease / Matt Ridley.
Ridley, Matt.Date: 1997- Books
Disease / Joyce Filer.
Filer, Joyce.Date: [1995], ©1995- Books
Disease / The Wellcome Trust, London.
Date: [1990]- Books
- Online
Disease and Medicine in World History.
Watts, Sheldon.Date: 2003
