Stories
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Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
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A symbol of a lost homeland
The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.
Catalogue
- Books
Memoir [of John Johnstone] / [S. Butler, Bishop of Lichfield].
Butler, Samuel, 1774-1839.Date: 1837- Books
Address at the proceedings of the second anniversary meeting of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association / [John Johnstone].
Johnstone, John, 1768-1836Date: 1837- Books
An address delivered at the Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery, on Monday, October 6, 1834 / [John Johnstone].
Johnstone, John, 1768-1836.Date: 1837- Books
John Johnstone, M.D. / [William Munk].
Munk, William, 1816-1898.Date: 1878- Books
- Online
[Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, baronet correspondence].
Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, John, Sir baronet, 1799-1869.Date: 2008-