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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Dyslexia and its misconceptions
Overcoming common myths about dyslexia only adds to the challenges of growing up with the condition. Madeleine Morley, who was diagnosed with dyslexia aged eight, goes into myth-busting mode and shares her personal experiences.
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Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
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Booze and bad behaviour
Our love of alcohol is like a party that’s lasted nine centuries. But there are signs that the demon drink is losing its appeal.
Catalogue
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Report of the Departmental Committee on Defective and Epileptic Children.
Great Britain. Committee on Defective and Epileptic Children.Date: 1898- Books
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I. List of certified schools for blind, deaf, defective, and epileptic children on 31st July, 1914. II. List of schools and classes for blind, deaf, defective, and epileptic students recognised under the regulations for technical schools,&c., for the year ending on 31st July, 1914 / presented to Parliament by command of His Majesty.
Great Britain. Board of Education.Date: 1914- Archives and manuscripts
Robina Addis (1900-1986): archives
Addis, Robina, 1900-1986.Date: 1917-1986Reference: PP/ADD- Archives and manuscripts
Monthly Memoranda (points for propaganda)
Date: 1922-1923Reference: WF/M/GB/30/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 4 ['Letter Book HSW Personal 2']
Date: Nov 1896 - Jan 1899Reference: WF/E/01/01/04Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd