Stories
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Communities of cross-feeders
A desire to help leads some women to “cross-feed” – breastfeed other parents’ babies for free. Alev Scott delves into the emotions behind this altruistic act.
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London, city of lost hospitals
Come on the trail of hundreds of ghost hospitals, whose remnants hold clues to medical treatments of the past.
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Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
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Explanation for the new map of Nova Scotia and Cape Britain, with the adjacent parts of New England and Canada.
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- Books
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The saints anchor-hold in all storms and tempests. Preached in sundry sermons; And Published for the Support and Comfort of God's People, in all Times of Tryal. By J.D. B.D. Sometimes minister of Stephens Colemans-Street, London; and Pastor of a Church of Christ in New Haven in New-England.
Davenport, John, 1597-1670.Date: 1701- Books
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Political speculations, occasioned by the progress of a democratic party in England.
Date: MDCCXCI. [1791]- Books
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The great probability of a North West Passage: deduced from observations on the letter of Admiral de Fonte, who sailed from the Callao of Lima on the discovery of a communication between the South Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; And to intercept some Navigators from Boston in New England, whom he met with, Then in Search of a North West Passage. Proving the authenticity of the Admiral's letter. With three explanatory maps . 1st. A Copy of an authentic Spanish Map of America, published in 1608. 2d. The Discoveries made in Hudson's Bay, by Capt. Smith, in 1746 and 1747. 3d. A General Map of the Discoveries of Admiral de Fonte. By Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King. With an appendix. Containing the account of a discovery of part of the coast and inland country of Labrador, made in 1753. The Whole intended for The Advancement of Trade and Commerce.
Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
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A sermon preach'd in the audience of His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; captain-general, governor and commander in chief, the Honourable His Majesty's coucil, and the Honourable House of Representatives, of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England. May 29, 1754. Being the anniversary for the election of His Majesty's council for the province. By Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. pastor of the West Church in Boston.
Mayhew, Jonathan, 1720-1766.Date: [1754]