Stories
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The search for a cure for endometriosis
Discover how a white American doctor’s experimental operations on black female slaves laid the foundations for modern gynaecological surgery.
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The problem of the punctured heart
During World War II a young American surgeon working in England perfected shrapnel-removal techniques that saved dozens of lives. Discover how one case sealed his reputation as the founder of cardiac surgery.
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We need less ‘sickle cell warriors’ and more allies
Rejecting the epithet “warrior”, Cheryl Telfer describes the pervasive effect sickle cell disease has on her life, and calls for more people to donate blood to help sicklers.
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Disability, education and prejudice
In the 1960s and 1970s, thalidomide survivors had to fight for a proper education. If they weren’t brought up in institutions, they were often viewed as objects of curiosity, encountering verbal and sometimes physical abuse, both at school and in the world beyond.
Catalogue
- Books
Sex offenders : a symposium / edited by John Gunn, director- Special Hospitals Research Unit.
Date: [1975?]- Books
Women's services seminar / [Special Hospitals Service Authority].
Special Hospitals Service AuthorityDate: [1996?]- Archives and manuscripts
Special Hospitals
Date: c.1981-1984Reference: SA/MIN/B/119Part of: Mind (The Mental Health Charity): archives- Archives and manuscripts
Special information regarding hospitals
Date: 1934-1945Reference: SA/BMA/E.1Part of: British Medical Association- Archives and manuscripts
Iceland Hospitals
Date: Jun 1956Reference: PENROSE/2/39/6/11Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers