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Society, not Covid-19, makes us vulnerable
Rick Burgess coped with the death of his mother in February 2020 by immersing himself in the task of protecting his community from Covid-19 and challenging the government's failure to protect and support elderly and Disabled people during the pandemic.
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Abandoning daydreams of a life without diabetes
After years of longing for a cure for her type 1 diabetes, Daisy Watson Shaw, partly due to medical advances in managing the condition, has reached a state of acceptance. Her wishes now are for greater understanding.
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Tracing the roots of our fears and fixations
Kate Summerscale explores the history of our anxieties and compulsions, and the new phobias and manias that are always emerging.
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The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
Catalogue
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Home health emergencies : a guide to home nursing and first aid in family health emergencies / Medical Department the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. Medical Department.Date: 1956]
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Handbook for medical examiners.
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesDate: 1904- Books
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The doctrine of annuities and assurances on lives and survivorships, stated and explained. By William Morgan, Actuary to the Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships. To which is added, an introduction, addressed to the Society. Also An essay on the present state of population in England and Wales. By the Reverend Dr. Price.
Morgan, William, 1750-1833.Date: M.DCC.LXXIX. [1779]- Archives and manuscripts
The Physiological Society
The Physiological SocietyDate: 1860s-2016Reference: SA/PHY
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Tables showing the total number of persons assured in the Equitable Society from its commencement in September, 1762, to January 1, 1829 : distinguishing their ages at the time of admission into the society, and exhibiting the number of years during which they have continued members of it, the periods of life at which their assurances have terminated, and the ages which the surviving members had attained on the 1st of January, 1829, to which are added tables of the probabilities and expectations of the duration of human life, deduced from these documents, a statement of the disorders (as certified to the Court of Directors) of which 4095 persons assured have died in thirty-two years ending December 31, 1832, and a supplement showing the mortality of the society for the years 1829, 1830, 1831 and 1832.
Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships.Date: 1834