Stories
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The birth of Britain's National Health Service
Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.
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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians
Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.
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Medics and the bomb
Would a nuclear attack on the UK overwhelm the NHS? At the height of the Cold War, despite government optimism, medics predicted doom.
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Between sickness and health
In early 2020, the subject Will Rees was studying – imaginary illnesses – took on a new relevance as everyone anxiously scanned themselves for Covid symptoms each day. But this kind of self-scrutiny is nothing new, as he reveals.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Transactions of the Society of Medical Officers of Health 1883/84
Date: 1884Reference: SA/SMO/J.2/6Part of: Society of Medical Officers of Health- Archives and manuscripts
Society of Medical Officers of Health
Society of Medical Officers of HealthDate: 1856-1998Reference: SA/SMO- Archives and manuscripts
Peterson, O L, (Staff Member, Division of Medicine and Public Health, the Rockefeller Foundation.), A Study of the National Health Service of Great Britain
Date: 1951Reference: PP/AWD/H/12/5/1Part of: Daley, Sir (William) Allen (1887-1969)- Books
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Vital statistics. Small-pox & vaccination in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and continental countries and cities, with tables compiled from authentic sources / by Charles T. Pearce.
Pearce, Charles T. (Charles Thomas)Date: 1882- Books
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Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the effect of food derived from tuberculous animals on human health. : Part II. List of witnesses, minutes of evidence, and index. Part III. Appendix. Special inquiries.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Tuberculosis.Date: 1895