Stories
- Article
A reflection on art in a mental hospital
Artist Beth Hopkins explains how she used her experience of researching the Adamson Collection to create an embroidered wall hanging.
- Article
The boundaries that shape my writing
While writing about her life can be enormously helpful, Caroline Butterwick needs to regularly reassess her boundaries. Here she explores the line between what’s public and what’s private, and how porous that can be.
- Article
Sharing breastmilk with parents
Alev Scott donated her frozen breastmilk to a hospital milk bank, but she was curious about other routes. Here she explores commercial operations and informal private arrangements.
- Article
Diagnosed bipolar, prescribed lithium
In the first part of a series looking into lithium, Laura Grace Simpkins recounts the beginning of her troubled relationship with this mysterious drug.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
Hospitals ephemera. Box 2.
- Archives and manuscripts
Minutes. II: Correspondence + Clinics for private patients; Minutes, Correspondence
Date: 1938-1939Reference: SA/BMA/E.67Part of: British Medical Association- Archives and manuscripts
Private hospitals and private health care
Date: 1973-1985Reference: SA/PAT/D/43Part of: The Patients Association- Archives and manuscripts
Pharmacopoeia for use in military hospitals
Date: 1940Reference: RAMC/1544/3Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Bundle of photographs of India, including hospitals and barracks
Date: 1920sReference: RAMC/1426/2Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection