Stories
- Article
Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
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The indelible harm caused by conversion therapy
With first-hand evidence from two powerful testimonies, neurologist Jules Montague explores the destructive history of conversion therapy, a punitive treatment designed to ‘cure’ people of homosexuality.
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When monarchs healed the sick
Our current Queen fortunately doesn’t have to spend hours laying hands on the sick to cure them. But it was a different story for monarchs of the early modern era, whose touch was a sought-after treatment for scrofula.
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Homes for the hives of industry
By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
"Cancer Registers as Submitted to IARC and Analysed for Cancer Occurrence in Developing Countries, Edited by Dr D. M. Parkin"
Date: 1951-1971Reference: WTI/EHW/F/1Part of: Williams, Edward Hammond (1915-1993): Archives- Books
Climate change and rural child health / Erica Bell, Bastian M. Seidel and Joav Merrick, editors.
Date: [2011], ©2011- Videos
Pneumococcal disease.
Date: 2005- Books
Epidemics laid low : a history of what happened in rich countries / Patrice Bourdelais ; translated by Bart K. Holland.
Bourdelais, Patrice.Date: 2006- Books
Pandemics : a very short introduction / Christian W. McMillen.
McMillen, Christian W., 1969-Date: [2016]