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Guerrilla public health

From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.

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Taking the piss

Council cuts have created public-toilet deserts across the UK, limiting journeys and days out for people whose medical conditions mean toilet access is essential. Campaigner Kevin Crowe highlights the issues.

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Beating the bodysnatchers

When a rise in grave robbing called for strong measures, mortsafes became the unassailable solution. Allison C. Meier explores.

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The building as tool of healing

When we’re ill, it’s not just medical care that helps to treat us. Architects have discovered that the right environment can play an important part too.

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  • History of the Edinburgh Veterinary College / [O. Charnock Bradley].
  • History of the Edinburgh Veterinary College / [O. Charnock Bradley].
  • The New John Watson's Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving by W. Watkins, 1830, after T.H. Shepherd.
  • Queen Mary's Bath house, Edinburgh, Scotland. Watercolour drawing by W. Hinchliff.
  • Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum: floor plan with scale and key. Line engraving by R. Scott after R. Reid.
  • Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh. Process print after J. Gordon.
  • Figures in front of Gillespie's Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland. Steel engraving by A. Cruse, 1830, after T.H. Shepherd.
  • Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh Castle from Grey Friars Church yard, Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving by W. Woolnoth, 1836, after T. Allom.
  • Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh: figures in the grounds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Busy street-life in front of Edinburgh University, Scotland. Line engraving by W.H. Lizars, 1829, after T.H. Shepherd.
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