Stories
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Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
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Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?
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Getting under the skin
Before the invention of X-ray in 1895 there was really only one way to accurately study the human body, and that was to cut it open.
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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Hill, Norman Walter (1852-c.1920), collector
Date: late 19th century - early 20th centuryReference: MS.7044- Archives and manuscripts
Bankart, James (1834-1902), surgeon and ophthalmologist
Bankart, James (1834-1902), MB Lond, FRCSDate: Mid 19th century - late 19th centuryReference: PP/JBA- Archives and manuscripts
Chapter 27 The London School Board: Personalities
Date: Late 19th - early 20th CenturyReference: GC/228/28Part of: Miller, Florence Fenwick (1854-1935): autobiography 'An Uncommon Girlhood'- Archives and manuscripts
Chapter 26 My first Election to the School Board for London
Date: Late 19th - early 20th CenturyReference: GC/228/27Part of: Miller, Florence Fenwick (1854-1935): autobiography 'An Uncommon Girlhood'- Archives and manuscripts
Chapter 33 Three years Public Service on the London School Board
Date: Late 19th - early 20th CenturyReference: GC/228/34Part of: Miller, Florence Fenwick (1854-1935): autobiography 'An Uncommon Girlhood'