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Telling Scotland about AIDS

Find out how activists and organisations working on AIDS information campaigns in 1980s Scotland used cartoons, kilts, and candid language to convey their message.

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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

The unimprovable white cane

Recent technological additions to the white cane aim to make the world easier for visually impaired people to navigate. Alex Lee explores whether new is really better.

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Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination

The Black Death, AIDS and Ebola outbreaks are part of our collective cultural memory, but the Spanish flu outbreak has not been.

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  • Tabloid First Aid for the Mother out Back
  • "First aid" shows the way, so the Elliman first aid book.
  • "First aid" shows the way, so the Elliman first aid book.
  • The "Home" First-Aid Case : Tincture of Iodine.
  • The "Home" First-Aid Case : Tincture of Iodine.
  • The "Home" First-Aid Case : Tincture of Iodine.
  • The "Home" First-Aid Case : Tincture of Iodine.
  • Tabloid First Aid Box: Burroughs Wellcome and Company product
  • Tabloid First Aid Box: Burroughs Wellcome and Company product
  • Tabloid First Aid Box: Burroughs Wellcome and Company product
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