Stories
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The birth of Britain's National Health Service
Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.
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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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Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high
The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
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Royal National Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest: appeal leaflet
Date: 1901Reference: SA/MAC/H.5/5Part of: Mental After Care Association- Books
Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, Brompton.
Brompton HospitalDate: 1848-1853- Journals
Annual report of the Royal National Sanitorium for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, Bournemouth.
Royal National Sanitorium for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest (Bournemouth, England)Date: 1855-- Archives and manuscripts
Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, Brompton, London
Date: 1847Reference: MS.7280/3Part of: Hospitals and Institutions: Miscellany- Journals
Annual report of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest.
Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest (Brompton, London, England)Date: 1841-