Stories
- Article
Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
- Article
Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
- Article
Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
- Article
Thalidomide, a bitter pill
Hear from some of the women who took the drug thalidomide over sixty years ago about the fear, isolation and grief that they experienced as the appalling pharmaceutical scandal unfolded around them.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
Drug industry ephemera. Box 1.
- Archives and manuscripts
Cc: Drug Industry
Date: 1996-2003Reference: SA/WHL/6/7Part of: Women's Health Library: archive- Digital Images
- Online
Ephemera Collection. QV: Drug Industry
- Archives and manuscripts
UwCc: HRT and Drug Industry
Date: 1997Reference: SA/WHL/23/32/11Part of: Women's Health Library: archive- Archives and manuscripts
Drugs in Industry
Date: 1971Reference: SA/DRS/L/52Part of: DrugScope