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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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London, city of lost hospitals
Come on the trail of hundreds of ghost hospitals, whose remnants hold clues to medical treatments of the past.
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Getting under the skin
Before the invention of X-ray in 1895 there was really only one way to accurately study the human body, and that was to cut it open.
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Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
St John's Hospital (Cirencester, Gloucs.)
St John's Hospital, Cirencester, GloucsDate: Early 17th century - mid 17th centuryReference: MS.5375- Archives and manuscripts
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Stanhope, Philip: volume 1
Date: Mid 17th century - late 17th centuryReference: MS.761Part of: Stanhope, Philip, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584-1656)- Archives and manuscripts
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Stanhope, Philip: volume 2
Date: Mid 17th century - late 17th centuryReference: MS.762Part of: Stanhope, Philip, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584-1656)- Archives and manuscripts
Stanhope, Philip, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584-1656)
Stanhope, Philip, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584-1656)Date: Mid 17th century - late 17th centuryReference: MSS.761-762- Archives and manuscripts
The Royal College of Physicians of London
The Royal College of Physicians of LondonDate: late 17th century - mid 19th centuryReference: MS.5648