Stories
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Intelligence testing, race and eugenics
Specious ideas and assumptions about intelligence that were born during the great flourishing of eugenics well over 100 years ago still inform the British education system today, as Nazlin Bhimani reveals.
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Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
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How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory
A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.
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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians
Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.
Catalogue
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Fiftieth anniversary
Date: 1985-1986Reference: SA/PIC/C/9Part of: Population Investigation Committee- Books
Arabic medicine in China : tradition, innovation, and change / by Paul D. Buell, Eugene N. Anderson.
Buell, Paul D.Date: 2021- Books
Control : the dark history and troubling present of eugenics / Adam Rutherford.
Rutherford, AdamDate: 2023- Archives and manuscripts
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Terry-Gielgud family - with photo of exhibit.
Date: 1910-c.1940Reference: SA/EUG/F.10Part of: Eugenics Society- Books
Medical marvels : the 100 greatest advances in medicine / Eugene W. Straus & Alex Straus ; illustrations by Bette Korman.
Straus, Eugene.Date: 2006