Stories
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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.
Catalogue
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My cottage clients / [Royal Hospital for Incurables ; illustrated by C. Butterworth].
Date: 1886- Pictures
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Four scenes from the Royal Hospital for Incurables at Putney Heath, London. Wood engraving, 1881.
Date: 1881Reference: 25277i- Pictures
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Royal Hospital for Incurables, Putney Heath: panoramic view. Wood engraving, 1865, after W.P. Griffith.
Date: 18 February 1865Reference: 22277i- Books
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Pencillings in June; or a visit to the Royal Hospital for Incurables (Putney) / [Thomas W Aveling].
Aveling, Thomas W.Date: 1875- Books
Notes & sketches past and present : a century in the life of one of the Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables.
Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables (Putney, London, England)Date: [Between 1990 and 1995?]