Stories
- Article
The work of wet-nursing
Many of us know that in the past, babies were sometimes nourished by wet-nurses. But, perhaps surprisingly, the practice continues today – and the milk recipients are not only babies.
- Article
The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
- Article
Intelligence testing, race and eugenics
Specious ideas and assumptions about intelligence that were born during the great flourishing of eugenics well over 100 years ago still inform the British education system today, as Nazlin Bhimani reveals.
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Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence - General Meeting and Executive Committee
Date: 10 Mar 1967Reference: SA/CMO/C/99Part of: Association of County Medical Officers of Health and the County Medical Officers Group of the Society of Medical Officers of Health- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence - General Meeting and Executive Committee
Date: 3 Feb 1967Reference: SA/CMO/C/98Part of: Association of County Medical Officers of Health and the County Medical Officers Group of the Society of Medical Officers of Health- Archives and manuscripts
Publications, publicity, histories
Date: 1876-1998Reference: SA/QNI/PPart of: Queen's Nursing Institute- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence
Date: 1873-1984Reference: SA/QNI/FPart of: Queen's Nursing Institute- Books
- Online
Anatomie und Mechanismus der Skoliose / von Dr. Carl Nicoladoni.
Nicoladoni, Carl.Date: 1909