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People against pollution
Alice Bell reflects on what happens when communities help solve environmental problems, and whether citizen science can help fight industrial pollution today.
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Mistakes and perfect medicine
This week our anonymous GP reflects on how a mistake made in a busy, stressful environment could have had serious consequences.
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Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
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Children in burns prevention campaigns
Whose responsibility is it to prevent accidental burns and scalds in the home? Shane Ewen’s research shows that it’s everyone’s concern.
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Negligence and idleness represented as a dishevelled woman surrounded by people gambling, drinking, fighting etc. Engraving attributed to P. Galle.
Reference: 17837i- Archives and manuscripts
Bm: Medical Negligence
Date: 1998-2000Reference: SA/WHL/4/10Part of: Women's Health Library: archive- Archives and manuscripts
Statement on Professional Negligence and Litigation
Date: January 1990Reference: SA/BAO/L.5/32Part of: British Association of Occupational Therapists- Archives and manuscripts
Papers of Felix Eberlie Regarding the Case of Shewry v. Maybury 1929: A Case of Alleged Medical Negligence
Wilhelm Felix Eberlie (1892-1986)Date: 1928-1929Reference: MS.8792- Books
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The common errors in the education of children, and their consequences; with The Methods to remedy them consider'd under the following Heads; I. The Fault of Parents, in the Nurture of them. II. The Ignorance or Negligence of those who teach them. III. Whether a publick or private School is to be preferr'd. IV. Want of Skill in the Parent or Tutor to distinguish the Genius of the Child; and that too common, but fatal Error of forcing him to Studies or Employments incompatible with the natural Bent of his Inclinations. V. III Methods of teaching Children, and the Neglect of the Regulation of their Morals.
Date: M,DCC,XLIV. [1744]