Stories
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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
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Fees, funding and the NHS
In the 1950s, dramatic political battles over NHS charges brought down a government. But public confidence in the service still grew.
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Blood
Discover the history, mythology and taboos around blood and menopause, and hear from some contemporary voices about their experiences of periods and the onset of menopause.
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Heating up and drying out
Menopause doesn’t have to signify old age, but when your body feels like it’s letting you down, it’s hard not to believe that your useful life may be over.
Catalogue
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The development of chemotherapy in Germany in the 20th century / Christa Habrich.
Habrich, ChristaDate: 1990- Books
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On the progress of preventive medicine during the Victorian era : being the inaugural address delivered before the Epidemiological Society of London, session 1887-88 / by R. Thorne Thorne.
Date: 1888- Books
Volksmedizinische Botanik der Germanen / von Max Höfler.
Höfler, Max, 1848-1914.Date: 1990- Books
Das präventive Selbst : eine Kulturgeschichte moderner Gesundheitspolitik / Martin Lengwiler, Jeannette Madarász (Hg.).
Date: [2010]- Books
Ärztliches Handeln - Erwartungen und Selbstverständnis / herausgegeben von Rudolf F. Guthoff und Wolfgang Bernard.
Date: 2018