Stories
- Article
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
"Preventive medicine: the objectives"
Date: 1984Reference: PP/DOL/D/3/16Part of: Doll, Sir Richard (1912-2005)- Archives and manuscripts
Preventive Medicine
Date: c.1950s-1980sReference: GC/178/D/5Part of: Chave, Sidney- Journals
Preventive medicine.
Date: 1936-1939- Books
- Online
Preventive medicine.
International Congress of Hygiene and Demography.Date: 1892- Archives and manuscripts
'Preventive medicine in relation to aviation', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, vol XXXII, Mar 1939
Date: 1939Reference: PP/HEW/M.3/27Part of: Whittingham, Sir Harold E., 1887-1983, Air Marshal