Stories
- In pictures
Deadly stinks and life-saving aromas in plague-stricken London
In the plague-ravaged London of 1665, could perfume really save your life?
- Article
Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances
In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.
- Article
The Key to Memory: Follow your nose
Elissavet Ntoulia explores what a pair of pomanders can tell us about how and why we remember.
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Why we no longer keep our dead at home
Today in the UK we rarely sit with, touch, or perhaps even see our loved ones after they’ve died. Past practices were very different and, Claire Cock-Starkey argues, were more helpful for those grieving.
Catalogue
- Books
Miasma and contagion / by Major Greenwood.
Greenwood, Major, 1880-1949Date: 1953- Books
Miasma : pollution and purification in early Greek religion / Robert Parker.
Parker, Robert, 1950-Date: 1983- Books
Miasma : ("Haecceitas" in Scotus, the Esoteric in Plato, and "other related matters") / John W. McGinley.
McGinley, John W.Date: [1996], ©1996- Books
Miasmas y retrovirus : cuatro capítulos de la historia de las enfermedades transmisibles / Antonio Carreras Panchón.
Carreras Panchón, Antonio.Date: [1991?]- Books
Miasmas and disease : public health and the environment in the pre-industrial age / Carlo M. Cipolla ; translated by Elizabeth Potter.
Cipolla, Carlo M.Date: 1992