Stories
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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians
Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.
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When the sun goes down
Despite the country’s colonial and industrial dominion, the finest minds of Victorian Britain began to fear the devastating effects of declining natural resources. Even the death of the sun.
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Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
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The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols
What have snakes, unicorns and crocodiles got to do with pharmacies? The history of these modern signs goes back to the Greek gods.
Catalogue
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On the relations between dental lesions and diseases of the eye / by Henry Power.
Power, H. (Henry), 1829-1911.Date: 1883- Books
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Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. Appendix Volume XV. : Report to the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress on endowed and voluntary charities in certain places, and the administrative relations of charity and the Poor Law. / By Mr. A.C. Kay and Mr. H.V. Toynbee.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress.Date: 1909- Books
Reports of the Air Medical Investigation Committee. 8, The effects of diminished tension of oxygen, with especial reference to the activity of the adrenal glands. 9, The ear in relation to certain disabilities in flying.
Great Britain. Medical Research Committee. Air Medical Investigation Committee.Date: 1919- Books
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Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XVI. Report by Mr. A.D. Steel-Maitland and Miss Rose E. Squire, H.M. Inspector of Factories, on the relation of industrial and sanitary condtions to pauperism, together with an additional memorandum on certain other points connected with the Poor Law system and its administration.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress.Date: 1909- Books
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Report on the meteorology of London, and its relation to the epidemic of cholera / by James Glaisher.
Date: 1855