Stories
- In pictures
Medical manipulations and the history of physiotherapy
From gymnastics to splints and uterine massage, the history of physiotherapy takes in a surprisingly broad range of people and practices.
- Article
Medics, migration and the NHS
In the 1960s the NHS became Britain’s biggest employer. So to help fill all those jobs, the government brought in thousands of workers from abroad.
- Article
A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
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A brief history of ventilation
As ventilators continue to play an important part in helping very ill coronavirus patients, medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris traces their development from the first attempts at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation through centuries of medical crises.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Medical Phrases for History Taking
British Red Cross SocietyDate: 1950sReference: MS.8333- Books
The history of taking the blood pressure / by Ralph H. Major.
Major, Ralph H. (Ralph Hermon), 1884-1970Date: 1930- Books
Medical history-taking / Ian Stevenson.
Stevenson, Ian, 1918-2007.Date: [1960]- Videos
Taking sexual history. Model interview number 1, Loss of libido.
Date: 1977- Audio
- Online
Psychiatric history taking the clinical approach.
Stafford-Clark, David.Date: 1963