Stories
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Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
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Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
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Death and our digital ghosts
When we die, our data lives on. And as companies are increasingly spotting money-making opportunities from digital legacies, now could be the time to think about – and control – yours.
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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.
Catalogue
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Foetal, infant and early childhood mortality / United Nations Dept. of Social Affairs.
United Nations. Department of Social Affairs.Date: 1954- Books
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A paper on excessive infant mortality, its causes and their removal : read at the eighth annual meeting of the National Association, for the Promotion of Social Science, held at York, September, 1864.
Trench, William Stewart, 1809-1877.Date: 1864- Archives and manuscripts
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FPA Fact Sheets
Date: 1989 - 1990Reference: SA/FPA/C/G/3/16Part of: Family Planning Association- Books
Queer nursing / Liesel Burisch.
Burisch, LieselDate: [2022]- Archives and manuscripts
Sudden Infant Death: papers etc by others
Date: 1973-1987Reference: PP/AMS/D.3/26Part of: Alice Stewart (1906-2002)