Stories
- 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
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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Fees, funding and the NHS
In the 1950s, dramatic political battles over NHS charges brought down a government. But public confidence in the service still grew.
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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
'Dartford Museum' - Prints
Date: 1888-1975Reference: WF/M/I/DM/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Pictures
The history of the HIV and AIDS epidemic.
Footprint Workers CooperativeDate: 2021Reference: 3263388i- Books
Women in the history of science : a sourcebook / edited by Hannah Wills, Sadie Harrison, Erika Jones, Farrah Lawrence-Mackey and Rebecca Martin.
Date: 2023- Books
Krankentransport und Rettungsdienst im Kreis Aachen 1816 - 2006 : Geschichte einer kommunalen Dienstleistung / Karl-Wilhelm Nellessen.
Nellessen, Karl-Wilhelm.Date: 2009- Books
DNCB : a history of irritation / Oliver Husain & Kerstin Schroedinger.
Husain, Oliver, 1969-Date: [2023?]