Stories
- In pictures
The history of sanatoriums and surveillance
The sanatorium treatment for tuberculosis was a curious combination of sunshine, fresh air, exercise and constant surveillance.
- Book extract
The 200-year search for normal people
Sarah Chaney poses the question we’ve likely all asked at some point in our lives: 'Am I normal?’, and explores whether normality even exists.
- Article
Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
- Article
A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
North America
McMichael, Sir John, FRCP, FRCPE, FRS (1904-1993) CardiologistDate: c.1959-1964Reference: PP/JMM/H/3Part of: McMichael, Sir John (1904-1993)- Archives and manuscripts
North America
Date: 1838-1848Reference: PP/HO/D/D166-176Part of: Hodgkin family- Archives and manuscripts
North America photographs
Date: 1950Reference: PP/CMW/P.90Part of: Lord Moran (Charles McMoran Wilson) (1882-1977): archives
- Books
- Online
North America / by Israel C. Russell.
Russell, Israel C. (Israel Cook), 1852-1906.Date: 1904- Books
North America, a western outpost of European medicine / Helen Brock.
Brock, C. HelenDate: 1990