Stories
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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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Remote romance and the common cold
Getting creatively romantic due to a virus sounds all too contemporary, but our archives show what socially distanced seduction looked like seven decades ago.
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Doctors and the English seaside
Fashionable seaside towns in England owe much of their popularity to 18th-century doctors, who advised them to take the 'sea cure'.
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Close encounters of the spiritualist kind
When it comes to practical and emotional advice, Daphne heeds the words of her lost loved ones. Find out how a spiritualist medium helps her stay in touch.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Hut in Yaba, Nigeria where Adrian Stokes (1887-1927) isolated the Yellow Fever virus
Date: 1969Reference: GC/201/F/3/1Part of: Godber, Sir George- Archives and manuscripts
Interior Mr Finney's Hut, Ubombo
Date: c.1894-1899Reference: RAMC/1242/2/13Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Archives and manuscripts
'Mosquito Sporozites (Hut A contd)'
Date: 1944Reference: PP/PCG/B/22Part of: Garnham, Professor Percy Cyril Claude- Archives and manuscripts
Patient surnames Hor-Hut (Files 387-397)
Ticehurst House HospitalDate: 1927-1980Reference: MS.6449Part of: Ticehurst House Hospital- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Occupational Therapy activities at the Occupational Therapy Hut
Date: 1960sReference: RET 1/8/4/1/3Part of: The Retreat Archive