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London, city of lost hospitals
Come on the trail of hundreds of ghost hospitals, whose remnants hold clues to medical treatments of the past.
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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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.
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The tradesman who confronted the pestilence
The City of London, 1665. As the Great Plague hits the capital, John New faces a deadly dilemma.
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Separation of arsenic ... : the large gold medal was presented to Mr. James Marsh, of the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, for his method of separating small quantities of arsenic from substances with which it may have been mixed.
Marsh, James, 1794-1846.Date: [1836]- Books
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Arsenic and arsenical domestic poisoning / by Jabez Hogg.
Hogg, Jabez, 1817-1899.Date: 1879- Books
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Letter by Dr. Letheby, in reply to the report of Dr. Hofmann and Dr. Frankland, on a communication from him respecting the empoisonment of the Thames with arsenical perchloride of iron.
Letheby, H. (Henry), 1816-1876.Date: 1860- Books
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Arsenical wall-papers and cretonnes / by Jabez Hogg.
Hogg, Jabez, 1817-1899.Date: [1889]- Books
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Arsenical poisoning by wall-papers and other manufactured articles / by Jabez Hogg.
Hogg, Jabez, 1817-1899.Date: 1885