Stories
- Article
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.
- Article
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.
- Book extract
Why the NHS is worth saving
In this extract from his latest book, ‘Free For All’, Dr Gavin Francis poses challenging questions to be addressed if a health service that’s free for all at the point of use is to remain possible.
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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland - Honorary Membership
Date: 1991Reference: SB/5/1/6Part of: Sydney Brenner Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Sawyer - Schlichtergroll
Date: 1949-1985Reference: PP/MLV/C/19/8Part of: Vogt, Dr Marthe Louise (1903-2003)- Ephemera
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Conference : recent developments in prevention and therapy through Maharishi ayur-veda towards a disease-free society : new approaches to the prevention and treatment of heart disease, chronic disorders, cancer, AIDS : Royal College of Physicians, London, Monday 17 October 1988 / World Medical Association for Perfect Health - Great Britain.
Date: [1988?]- Books
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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- Archives and manuscripts
Company-wide Newsletters & Journals (internal)
Date: 1942 - 2000Reference: WF/M/PB/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd