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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
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Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles
Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.
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How the mental health system fails Black people
Accessing mental healthcare as a Black woman can be a challenging experience. Rianna Walcott shares her story, alongside those of three other women, to reveal the barriers she faced.
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Theriac: An ancient brand?
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
"Preventative medicine", Toc H, Poplar
Date: 1930Reference: GC/200/E/1/2Part of: Chalke, Dr Herbert Davies (1897-1979)- Archives and manuscripts
Preventative Medicine
Hazel ThorntonDate: 2011Reference: PP/HTH/C/1/31/5Part of: Hazel Thornton: Archive- Archives and manuscripts
"Preventative medicine and the general practitioner", Postgraduate meeting, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Date: 1955Reference: GC/200/E/1/32Part of: Chalke, Dr Herbert Davies (1897-1979)- Archives and manuscripts
Preventative medicine and public health
Date: 1960-1964Reference: PP/CDW/F.3/3Part of: Williams, Cicely Delphine (1893-1992)- Archives and manuscripts
'Preventative medicine in the '70s' (Health Congress lecture, Royal Society of Health), reprinted from the (Journal of the Royal Society of Health), Apr 1971
Date: 1971Reference: GC/201/B/31Part of: Godber, Sir George