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
- Pictures
Huts at Sennar, on the Blue Nile. Watercolour by E. Alec-Tweedie, c. 1920.
Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel), 1862-1940.Date: 1920Reference: 37668i- Digital Images
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Huts at Sennar, on the Blue Nile. Watercolour by Mrs. Ethel Alec-Tweedie, c. 1920.
Alec-Tweedie- Archives and manuscripts
Scrubs Lane Huts (administration)
Date: 1948-1952Reference: GC/160/B/4Part of: Gallop, John Winston (b.1910)- Archives and manuscripts
'Mosquito Records Huts C and D Usoma'
Date: 1941-1945Reference: PP/PCG/B/21Part of: Garnham, Professor Percy Cyril Claude- Archives and manuscripts
'Mosquito Records Huts A and B Usoma'
Date: 1942-1944Reference: PP/PCG/B/20Part of: Garnham, Professor Percy Cyril Claude