Stories
- Book extract
Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
- Long read
The ambivalence of air
Daisy Lafarge investigates the effects of air quality and pressure on body and mind, exploring air as cure, but one with contradictions.
- Article
The case of the cancerous stomach
Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.
- Article
What Black women do when the NHS fails them
Sabrina-Maria Anderson explores misogynoir – hatred of Black women – within the NHS, and how women like her are consequently turning to other sources of medical support.
Catalogue
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Code spécial de l'Hospice de la maternité.
Maternité de Paris.Date: An X [1801]- Books
Physical therapy service : a guide to organization and management.
Date: 1965- Books
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Lunatic asylums : their organisation and management / by Charles Mercier.
Date: 1894- Books
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Observations on the management of madhouses, illustrated by occurrences in the West Riding and Middlesex Asylums / by Caleb Crowther.
Date: 1838- Archives and manuscripts
"Miscellaneous: Contributory Schemes, BCG, Rheumatism Scheme, School Health, NAC Nurses, milk pasteurisation, industrial health, London Administration"
Date: 1950sReference: PP/AWD/F/5Part of: Daley, Sir (William) Allen (1887-1969)