Stories
- Article
The cook who became a pariah
New York, 1907. Mary Mallon spreads infection, unaware that her name will one day become synonymous with typhoid.
- Article
The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
- Article
Conflicted and confused about lithium
Covid-19 left Laura Grace Simpkins out of work and living back with her parents. She now had time to restart her research into her medication, but was she mad to continue?
- Book extract
Winter blues and the story of SAD
In ‘Chasing the Sun‘ Linda Geddes reveals why for some people, winter is literally depressing, showing how we first came to recognise seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
Catalogue
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- Online
New York State Soldiers' Depot, New York City: wash and bath room. Colour lithograph, 1864.
Date: 1864Reference: 20139i- Archives and manuscripts
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State University of New York (SUNY) at Farmingdale Convocation and Colloquy - "The Academic Underpinning of Advancing Societies" (15 September 1998)
Date: 1998Reference: JDW/2/8/1/314Part of: James D. Watson Collection- Archives and manuscripts
The Retreat Archive
Date: 1792 - 2000Reference: RET- Archives and manuscripts
Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 1
Date: December 1881 - May 1897Reference: WF/E/03/01 (copy, part 1)Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 1
Date: December 1881 - May 1897Reference: WF/E/03/01 (copy, part 2)Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd