Stories
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The birth of Britain's National Health Service
Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.
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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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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.
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Families fighting for justice
In 1962 a group of parents whose children had been affected by thalidomide began a decades-long battle in the law courts, the media and Parliament in order to win fair justice for all thalidomide survivors.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
'Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain'
Date: 1913-1921Reference: WA/HMM/CO/Ear/710Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
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'Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain'
Date: 1932-1952Reference: WA/HMM/CO/Chr/J.200Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
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'Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain'
Date: 1953-1959Reference: WA/HMM/CO/Chr/K.81Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain I
Date: Dec 1934-Aug 1937Reference: SA/BMA/G.19Part of: British Medical Association- Archives and manuscripts
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain II
Date: Sep 1937-Dec 1945Reference: SA/BMA/G.20Part of: British Medical Association