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The birth of Britain's National Health Service

Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.

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The birth of the public museum

The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.

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Thalidomide babies

In a time without scans or antenatal tests, neither medical staff nor parents were prepared for the damage to the foetus caused by the thalidomide drug.

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Can isolation lead to manipulation?

Military-funded researchers wanted to know if isolation techniques could facilitate brainwashing. One neuroscientist suggested that it might improve our own control over our minds.

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  • Take the test, take control ... National HIV testing day June 27 = Hasta la pruera toma control / a project of the National Association of People with AIDS.
  • Take the test, take control ... National HIV testing day June 27 = Hasta la pruera toma control / a project of the National Association of People with AIDS.
  • Take the test, take control ... National HIV testing day June 27 = Hasta la pruera toma control / a project of the National Association of People with AIDS.
  • Take the test, take control ... National HIV testing day June 27 = Hasta la pruera toma control / a project of the National Association of People with AIDS.
  • Birth control has been around for 4,000 years : isn't it time you knew all about it? ... / Family Planning Association.
  • A baby crawling to the left representing a warning about good sexual health to prevent birth defects, STD's and AIDS; a warning to seek treatment for STD's by the National AIDS Control Project in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • A baby crawling to the left representing a warning about good sexual health to prevent birth defects, STDs and AIDS (Hindi version); a warning to seek treatment for STD's by the National AIDS Control Project in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • A black background with an upside down red rose and a lit candle with a reminder to call for compassion to save lives against AIDS; an advertisement by the National AIDS/STD Prevention and Control Program, Department of Health, Philippines. Colour lithograph by Charlie Agatep Associates Co. Ltd., ca. 1995.
  • A red male and female sign bearing Hindi lettering on blue against a black background representing word 'AIDS' with a message about the need to pratice safer sex; an advertisement issued by the Family Planning Association of India. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • The word 'AIDS' with a message about the need to pratice safer sex; an advertisement issued by the Family Planning Association of India. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
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