Stories
- Article
Paris Morgue and a public spectacle of death
Known as the “only free theatre in Paris”, La Morgue was a popular place for the public to view cadavers on display.
- Article
The life and death of Tamagotchi and the virtual pet
Discover how the 1990s craze for Tamagotchis became a flood of robotic and virtual pets, sending their owners on an emotional rollercoaster ride.
- Article
Dealing with the dead after a nuclear attack
Cold War-era predictions of death on a vast scale became routine. But the British authorities were less prepared to dispose of the bodies.
- Book extract
Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Sudden Infant Death: notebooks and loose notes - bibliographical refs and miscellaneous
Date: c.1970sReference: PP/AMS/D.3/16Part of: Alice Stewart (1906-2002)- Archives and manuscripts
Sudden Infant Death: [foetal haemoglobin levels, seasonality of deaths - printouts, draft letter to ?British Medical Journal, correspondence, notes, etc]
Date: 1981-1987Reference: PP/AMS/D.3/17Part of: Alice Stewart (1906-2002)- Books
Sudden infant death syndrome : learning from stories about SIDS, motherhood and loss / Dawne J. Gurbutt.
Gurbutt, Dawne J.Date: [2007], ©2007- Ephemera
- Online
The two-headed girl : death of the double-headed Girl : duplex child - Rita-Christina.
Date: [1829]- Archives and manuscripts
Sudden Infant Death: papers etc by others
Date: 1973-1987Reference: PP/AMS/D.3/26Part of: Alice Stewart (1906-2002)