Stories
- Long read
Love, grief and assisted dying
In this deeply affecting story, Michelle Elliot explores the events and emotions around the time of her mother’s medically assisted death in Canada, where the practice is legal.
- Article
The politics and power of audio-description
Traditional theatre audio-description often lets down artists and audiences. But, done well, it has the potential to be a force for creativity as well as accessibility.
- Article
The case of the cancerous stomach
Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.
- Article
Printing the body
The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
National Assistance Bill
Date: 1947-1948Reference: SA/BMA/F.118Part of: British Medical Association- Archives and manuscripts
Notes by Mr D Ernsting on Woodbine House Public Assistance Institution and Emergency Medical Services Hospital
Date: 1939-1945Reference: GC/251/2Part of: D Ernsting (1913-2007): papers on Poor Law/Public Assistance Institutions- Archives and manuscripts
Public Assistance Domiciliary
Date: 1930-1939Reference: SA/BMA/F.157-158Part of: British Medical Association- Books
- Online
L'oeuvre de l'Assistance publique à Paris contre la tuberculose (1896-1905) / Administration générale de l'Assistance publique à Paris.
Administration générale de l'assistance publique à Paris.Date: 1905- Books
- Online
Assistance et traitement des idiots, imbéciles, débiles, dégénérés amoraux, crétins, épileptiques; adultes et enfants. Assistance et traitement des alcooliques, colonies familiales / par le Dr Pornain.
Pornain, Louis Charles Léon.Date: 1900