Stories
- Book extract
A history of sex for sale
Kate Lister’s cultural history of the sex trade puts sex workers centre stage. In this extract, she argues why the way we write, think and talk about sex work matters.
- Article
A history of gestation outside the body
It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.
- Article
Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
- Article
Getting under the skin
Before the invention of X-ray in 1895 there was really only one way to accurately study the human body, and that was to cut it open.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Undated Papers, Leaflets and Posters
Date: 1920-1961Reference: SA/FPA/A23/53Part of: Family Planning Association- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Dated papers 1920s-1930s
Date: 1920s-1930sReference: SA/FPA/A23/54Part of: Family Planning Association- Books
- Online
On the plans of modern asylums for the insane poor / by John Sibbald.
Date: 1897- Books
Pauperland : poverty and the poor in Britain / Jeremy Seabrook.
Seabrook, Jeremy, 1939-Date: 2013- Books
Depuis 100 ans, la société, l'hôpital et les pauvres : Musée de l'Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 24 octobre 1996 - 2 mars 1997 / [Musée de l'Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris].
Musée de l'Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris.Date: [1996]