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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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Rediscovering Margaret Louden, a forgotten NHS hero

Bored during lockdown, David Jesudason started bin diving at night. Then a chance discovery set him on a new path: to tell the story of a forgotten female surgeon.

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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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Generation portraits

Photographer Julian Germain’s major project focusing on portraits of multi-generational families came to a sudden halt during the various Covid-19 lockdowns. Here families celebrate coming together again in words and images.

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  • Four scenes from the Royal Hospital for Incurables at Putney Heath, London. Wood engraving, 1881.
  • Pencillings in June; or a visit to the Royal Hospital for Incurables (Putney) / [Thomas W Aveling].
  • Royal Hospital, Greenwich, seen from the west, with fishermen, nets drying, and large blocks of stone. Engraving by J. Henshall after J. Holland.
  • Royal Hospital, Greenwich, with the statue of George II in the courtyard. Engraving by J. Caldwall after W. Fabian.
  • Royal Hospital, Greenwich, with the statue of George II in the courtyard. Engraving by B. Cole.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich. Etching by B. Cole.
  • Greenwich, with London in the distance. Engraving by E. Finden after W. Westall.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Engraving, 1775, after T. Bowles, 1753.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, a distant view, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Engraving, 1784.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, a three-quarter view of the Hall and Chapel looking east, with people in the foreground. Coloured lithograph by W.B. Barker.
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