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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
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Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
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A history of twins in science
For thousands of years, twins have been a source of fascination in mythology, religion and the arts. Since the 19th century, they have also been the subject of scientific study and experimentation.
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In search of the ‘nature cure’
Under the competing pressures of modern life, many of us succumb to mental ill health. Samantha Walton explores why so-called ‘nature cures’ don’t help, and how the living world can actually help us.
Catalogue
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Medical inspection in public schools / by Thomas F. Harrington.
Harrington, Thomas F.Date: 1908- Books
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Report on schools of public health in the United States : based on a survey of schools of public health in 1950 / Leonard S. Rosenfeld [and others].
United States. Division of Public Health MethodsDate: 1953]- Books
Mentally defective children in the public schools / Walter E. Fernald.
Fernald, Walter E., 1859-1924.Date: [between 1900 and 1909?]- Books
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Physiology in our public schools / By Albert Leffingwell.
Leffingwell, Albert, 1845-1916.Date: [between 1900 and 1999?]- Books
In sickness and in health : the origins and systematic development of children's medical inspection and treatment in the county of Surrey's public elementary schools 1905-1921 pioneered by Dr Thomas Henry Jones : a documentary history / by J Robert Pegg.
Pegg, J. RobertDate: [2017]